(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 31 - One tourist is dead after five 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
apartments in the building.
The victim was an Austrian citizen, according to preliminary
reports.
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).
One dead as five people poisoned by carbon monoxide
Austrian was staying at apartment in downtown Trieste