Treviso, two families poisoned by carbon monoxide in Follina and Loria

Ten people were poisoned by carbon monoxide due to home heating in the Treviso area. These are two distinct families: one in Follina, rescued yesterday evening, and one in Loria, where the firefighters intervened during the night. As for Loria's family, the mother and two children aged 1 and 7 were taken to the hospital in Treviso, while the father and the other two children were taken to the hospital in Montebelluna: for five of the six members of the family the doctors deemed treatment in a hyperbaric chamber necessary. As for Follina's family, the mother and three children aged 9, 15 and 16 were taken to the Conegliano emergency room.

In Loria

The alarm for the Loria episode went off during the night, when the firefighters of Castelfranco Veneto and Asolo intervened in an apartment inside a building made up of four residential units. According to initial information, the gas was produced by a brazier used for heating. The medical personnel who arrived on site rescued a family of six people: two adults and four children. The police were also on site to ascertain what happened.

In Follina

A few hours earlier, yesterday evening, a similar episode had occurred in Follina, also in the province of Treviso. Members of the same family were poisoned by carbon monoxide from a brazier used for cooking. Here the Conegliano detachment carried out the safety measures of the scenario by carrying out an instrumental check of the state of the places.