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Carbon monoxide poisoning accidents often occur during winter camping. We experimented with how dangerous it is to use a heater in an enclosed space.
This is KNN Correspondent Park Myung-sun.
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couple in their 60s was found dead while camping in a car.
Carbon monoxide poisoning was the cause.
In May, a couple and their 4-year-old son died after being poisoned by carbon monoxide from a heating appliance at a campsite in Gangwon-do.
Carbon monoxide poisoning accounted for 30% of the 195 campsite accidents that occurred over the past five years.
[Yijaehyeok / Busan Fire Disaster Headquarters Protective Security Research Division Coordinator: and if you leave the warmer organizations in the tent to be all right thinking jumusineun is in many caused a lot of accidents]
In the case of carbon monoxide, which occurs when the charcoal or multiple fuel incomplete burning eyes It is invisible and has no smell, making it difficult to detect while sleeping.
I experimented with how dangerous it is to use a heater like this in an enclosed space with the door closed.
In the case of charcoal charcoal, the carbon monoxide concentration exceeded 2,000 ppm in 2 minutes.
It is the number at which a person falls into a state of unconsciousness in 1 or 2 hours.
In the case of the copper heater, after 10 minutes, the oxygen concentration dropped to 17.57%, the level of oxygen deficiency of 18% or less, and the carbon dioxide concentration increased rapidly.
[Seoyongsu / Pukyong National University Joint Laboratory habits Researcher: Our brain needs a lot of oxygen in the body, I can not deliver oxygen, such as the heart, muscles eventually can lead to asphyxiation]
When must vent use the heater for camping It is safe not to use charcoal fuel, etc. in an enclosed space.
(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-wook KNN)