One dead as 10 people poisoned by carbon monoxide

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 31 - One tourist is dead after a reported 10 people were poisoned by carbon monoxide at an apartment building in the north-eastern city of Trieste in the night between Monday and Tuesday.
    Firefighters on Tuesday were still working to determine the cause of the leak, which they said occurred in a number of rental holiday apartments in the building, which is located in the city centre.
    The victim is a 60-year-old Austrian citizen and his wife, also aged 60, is among those injured.
    Only the victim's wife was hospitalized.
    Firefighters evacuated the entire building while the incident is being probed.
    On Monday, another person died after four German tourists were also poisoned by carbon dioxide, allegedly from the fireplace of their rented holiday home in Cefalù, in the Palermo area. Firefighters found the chimney of the villa still full of smoke and said the poisoning was most probably caused by the fumes coming from the embers. (ANSA).