Minor brothers die after suspected gas geyser leak
TNN | Jan 28, 2019, 06:08 IST
Representative imagePUNE: Two brothers, aged 16 and 12, died after collapsing in the bathroom of their house at Bhimashankar, about 110km from here, while they were having a bath on Saturday morning. Police suspect the boys died of suffocation caused by inhaling carbon monoxide gas allegedly leaking from a gas geyser in the bathroom.
The brothers, Abhishek Navnath Pande and Aditya, were studying in the 10th and 8th standard respectively in a school at Taleghar near Bhimashankar, an officer from the Ghodegaon police under Pune rural jurisidiction told TOI. “Their parents run a puja material stall near Bhimashankar temple. On Saturday morning, the boys wanted to go to school early to attend the flag hoisting ceremony on the occasion of Republic Day,” he said.
Both boys went together to have a bath at 6.30am, the officer said. “When they did not come out of the bathroom for a long time, their mother knocked repeatedly on the door but got no response. She alerted her husband and they broke open the door to find the boys lying unconscious on the floor,” he said.
Two brothers die after suspected gas geyser leak
The boys were taken to a primary health care centre at Ghodegaon, where they were declared dead by the doctors. “We have registered a case of accidental death and transferred it to the Khed police for further investigations,” the officer said.
The officer said that carbon monoxide which emanates during the heating of water in a gas geyser may cause deaths if the bathroom does not have adequate ventilation. “There have been cases of people falling unconscious and even dying after inhaling carbon monoxide from such geysers,” he added.
According to the Columbia Asia Hospital in Kharadi, incomplete combustion of Liquefied petroleum gas due to inadequate ventilation leads to accumulation of carbon monoxide and nitrous oxide. Prolonged exposure to these gases may cause coma or seizures.
The hospital suggests that people should avoid fitting gas geysers inside bathrooms. If one must be installed, it should be placed outside with a water hose leading inside.
Any person who falls unconscious due to exposure to these gases must be immediately brought out to a well-ventilated room and taken to a a medical facility.
On January 3, 2019, a woman from Keshavnagar fell unconscious after inhaling carbon monoxide emanating from the gas geyser in her poorly-ventilated bathroom. She was saved by her husband who acted quickly.
The brothers, Abhishek Navnath Pande and Aditya, were studying in the 10th and 8th standard respectively in a school at Taleghar near Bhimashankar, an officer from the Ghodegaon police under Pune rural jurisidiction told TOI. “Their parents run a puja material stall near Bhimashankar temple. On Saturday morning, the boys wanted to go to school early to attend the flag hoisting ceremony on the occasion of Republic Day,” he said.
Both boys went together to have a bath at 6.30am, the officer said. “When they did not come out of the bathroom for a long time, their mother knocked repeatedly on the door but got no response. She alerted her husband and they broke open the door to find the boys lying unconscious on the floor,” he said.
Two brothers die after suspected gas geyser leak
The boys were taken to a primary health care centre at Ghodegaon, where they were declared dead by the doctors. “We have registered a case of accidental death and transferred it to the Khed police for further investigations,” the officer said.
The officer said that carbon monoxide which emanates during the heating of water in a gas geyser may cause deaths if the bathroom does not have adequate ventilation. “There have been cases of people falling unconscious and even dying after inhaling carbon monoxide from such geysers,” he added.
According to the Columbia Asia Hospital in Kharadi, incomplete combustion of Liquefied petroleum gas due to inadequate ventilation leads to accumulation of carbon monoxide and nitrous oxide. Prolonged exposure to these gases may cause coma or seizures.
The hospital suggests that people should avoid fitting gas geysers inside bathrooms. If one must be installed, it should be placed outside with a water hose leading inside.
Any person who falls unconscious due to exposure to these gases must be immediately brought out to a well-ventilated room and taken to a a medical facility.
On January 3, 2019, a woman from Keshavnagar fell unconscious after inhaling carbon monoxide emanating from the gas geyser in her poorly-ventilated bathroom. She was saved by her husband who acted quickly.
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