Rising energy costs raise fears of increased carbon monoxide poisoning

A deep sleep could have been fatal to them. Luckily, the father was able to raise the alarm in the middle of the night. The 51-year-old man called the firefighters shortly before 4 a.m. On site, they were able to measure an abnormal level of carbon monoxide, which the father and the three children aged 4, 8 and 16 years old inhaled without knowing it. The culprit would be to look for a brazier or a barbecue left lit in the house in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt (Val-d’Oise), in an attempt to combat the cold in the poorly heated home. , while outside temperatures were freezing this weekend.