In the absence of power, the victims had installed generators inside their homes.
The snowfall has deprived many foci of current in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and led to risky behavior.
Five people were rescued in the Loire department on Tuesday (October 30th) after being poisoned by carbon monoxide, an asphyxiating gas that is undetectable (invisible, odorless and non-irritating), potentially lethal in less than an hour.
Generating sets must stay outside
These five people, four adults and one 9-year-old child, hospitalized with high levels of carbon monoxide (CO) in the blood, had placed generators inside their homes, "which is especially important not do, " stress the firefighters, stressing the need to install these groups outside homes.
Domiciled in the Roanne region, the Ondaine and Saint-Etienne, the five victims were conducted under respiratory assistance at the University Hospital of Saint-Etienne and Firminy Hospital.
9,500 households deprived of power in the Loire
Some 9,500 households were still without electricity in the Loire early Wednesday morning, against 70,000 the day before, after the heavy snowfall and trees that broke many cables, according to the manager of the electricity distribution network , Enedis.
In all, about 45,000 households (excluding Corsica) were still without electricity Wednesday in the many departments affected by the weather.