Three people, a man, a woman and a teenage girl, died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the village of Chupyra, Bila Tserkva district, in the Kyiv region. Another boy was taken to a children’s hospital.

This was reported by the Kyiv region emergency service.

The emergency service received the report of the poisoning on Sunday, 8 November, at 09:20. According to preliminary information, the tragedy was caused by improper use of a generator that was running in a basement.

The generator by the basement entrance of the house in ChupyraPhoto: Kyiv region emergency service
The generator by the basement entrance of the house in Chupyra

The emergency service stresses that generators must never be used in homes, basements or other enclosed spaces. They should only run in the open air, at a safe distance from buildings, windows and doors.

Carbon monoxide has no colour or smell, so people do not notice they are being poisoned. That is why generator exhaust is dangerous even when the door to the room is open.

As a reminder, this winter a generator can be bought on credit, with part of the cost refunded by the state.

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