Her parents called the emergency services shortly before 3 p.m. When the emergency services arrived at the apartment on Simmeringer Hauptstrasse, their CO alarm devices went off. “The girl was already close to losing consciousness,” said a spokesman. The family was then taken outside and the patient was taken to a hospital.
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The professional fire brigade then carried out checks and measurements in the stairwell and in the adjacent apartments. “We then set up a ventilation device in the stairwell,” said a spokesman. The fire brigade’s chimney sweeps and the emergency crew from Wiener Netze were also on site, it was said. The gas boiler was then shut off by Wiener Netze during the operation, it was said.
Maintain gas boilers regularly!
Problems with an increased carbon monoxide concentration can arise if the boiler or chimney are not maintained or are poorly maintained, if it is particularly hot or if fans suck the air out of the apartment into the open air – for example, with an extractor hood or an air conditioning system that blows the exhaust air outside. Extreme heat can cause a kind of air plug to form in the chimneys. The exhaust gases are not hot enough compared to the outside air and can therefore no longer escape.
In this context, the fire department advised on Sunday that gas boilers should be regularly serviced and checked, as well as that apartments should be regularly ventilated, especially on particularly hot days. “A window should be tilted, especially when taking a hot shower,” explained the spokesman.
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