Dubai Police launched a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide
The "silent killer" behind the death of two maids in Dubai
Butti Al-Falasi: “Incidents of poisoning and suffocation resulting from inhaling carbon monoxide gas abound in the winter and summer seasons.”
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Dubai Police revealed the death of two maids, finally, affected by carbon monoxide gas, which is known as the "silent killer", after they lit coal in their closed room, in search of warmth, and they died while sleeping.
The Dubai Police General Command warned of cases of poisoning and suffocation, resulting from inhaling carbon monoxide emitted from indoor fuel combustion.
The Director of the Security Awareness Department of the General Department of Community Happiness in Dubai Police, Buti Ahmed bin Darwish Al Falasi, said that incidents of poisoning and suffocation resulting from inhaling carbon monoxide gas abound in the winter and summer seasons, as a result of lack of awareness and wrong practices of some individuals who seek refuge during the winter season. To burn a source of fuel in closed places, in search of warmth, as a result of the combustion process, carbon monoxide gas is generated, and individuals inhale it without feeling this silent killer, and they suffer from a state of fatigue, weakness, and weakness, and after that they enter into a coma, and they die.
He added that in the summer season, accidents of poisoning and suffocation occur, as a result of individuals sitting in running vehicles parked in a closed garage without ventilation, and as a result of the fuel combustion process in the vehicle, carbon monoxide gas enters through the air conditioning vents, and individuals inhale it inside the vehicle, to suffer symptoms of poisoning. and choke.
Al-Falasi stressed that the Dubai Police General Command implements the "silent killer" campaign every year, and intensifies its efforts to raise awareness of wrong practices, and the need to adhere to safety instructions, including ensuring that closed spaces are ventilated through window openings or mechanical suction systems, and installing cooling or heating devices that conform to specifications. Domestic, not using chimneys or burning coal in enclosed spaces, installing toxic gas detectors in residential units, and maintaining the devices by a licensed and specialized technician.
And he stressed not to operate vehicles and stay inside them for long periods in closed places, and not to use charcoal grills inside the house, the basement, inside the tents, garage, or near any window, and not to heat the house with a gas oven, and always keep power generators outside the house at least six meters away. From any window, door, or ventilation opening, and he pointed out the importance of not operating a car or truck inside a garage attached to the house, even if the door was open.
He pointed out that the campaign targeted workers' barracks in three areas, Jebel Ali, Al Quoz, and Al Qusais, and more than 2,000 awareness bags were distributed to them, containing winter supplies, and awareness pamphlets in English and Urdu, as well as posters and banners in the streets to reach the largest number of members of the public. .
The Director of the Specialized Forensic Evidence Department at the General Department of Forensic Evidence and Criminology at Dubai Police, a senior poison expert, Ibtisam Abdul Rahman Al Abdouli, said that carbon monoxide gas results from fuel combustion from various sources, and if the combustion process takes place inside a closed place without ventilation, such as rooms or « Caravans, or “vans” or tents, the amount of carbon monoxide gas will gradually increase, until poisoning and death occur, and this silent killer causes deaths annually in various countries of the world, as a result of lack of awareness of these wrong and deadly practices.
She referred to the recent death of two Asian maids, as a result of lighting coal in their closed room, in search of warmth, only to die while they were asleep.
And about how to act if some people feel symptoms of carbon monoxide, or if they find people in a state of fainting, she stressed the need to quickly pull the fainted people out of the closed place immediately, open the windows to bring oxygen into the place, and call an ambulance to take the necessary measures.
Closed rooms
The Director of the Specialized Forensic Evidence Department at the General Department of Forensic Evidence and Criminology at Dubai Police, a senior poison expert, Ibtisam Abdul Rahman Al Abdouli, stated that people resort in the winter season to lighting a fire for heating inside closed rooms, so carbon monoxide gas replaces oxygen gas in the room, and due to the lack of Carbon monoxide has no smell, no taste, no color, its molecules gradually replace oxygen in the blood, so the person feels minor symptoms, such as headache, shortness of breath, dizziness and nausea, until his blood becomes saturated with carbon monoxide, then he enters into a state of fainting, then he dies.
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