Nine members of the same family, including five children, are among the 17 people who have died from gas faulty heaters. Including two relatives the families, and members who died in the accident today in Algeria
All the deaths were attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning.
Nine members of the same family a couple, their five children, and two relatives were found at their home in the city of Bou Saada, around 250 km south of Algiers, the civil defense agency said on its Facebook page.
Algeria’s emergency services warned that a “lack of ventilation, poor assembly (of heaters), lack of maintenance, or the use of devices not intended for heating” can cause carbon monoxide poisoning and death.