A tragedy may have been prevented in Ferlach on Sunday. Because a 58-year-old saw her sister and her son lying lifeless on the bed through a window, she immediately alerted the emergency services.
She used her spare key to open the apartment door for officers from the Ferlach police station, who arrived shortly after 3 p.m. “When entering the apartment, the smell of gas/smoke could be noticed and one of the officers immediately opened all the windows to provide fresh air,” reports the police. In the bedroom they found the 50-year-old resident and her son – both of them were lying on the bed in a daze, but luckily they were just accessible. But mother and son could no longer walk and were taken out of the house by the Ferlach fire department and rescue. “After initial care outside, they were flown to the Klagenfurt Clinic by the C11 and RK1 rescue helicopters,” the police continued. Two officers, the sister and the first responder, were also examined in the hospital but remained uninjured. Carbon monoxide from pellet stove While searching for the cause, the fire department quickly came across a pellet stove in the kitchen. “The oven was operating and was displaying an error message,” an official explains. “The FF Ferlach was finally able to measure an increased carbon monoxide concentration in the apartment.” “We measured the gas values in the entire house and ventilated it until normal conditions were restored,” reports the FF Ferlach, with two vehicles and 20 emergency services was in use. Further investigations will now be carried out into the cause of the increased carbon monoxide.
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