More Deaths from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Noyan Tapan reports that another two more foreign youth living in Yerevan have died from carbon monoxide poisoning probably as the result of improperly installed gas heaters. This follows earlier news posted here that two ethnic Armenian students died under similar circumstances in December.
YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 30, Arabkir Police Department was informed that gas was flowing out at Nairi Zarian 15, apt 18, and it was possible that there were no inhabitants at the apartment.
Corpses of citizens of Iran, 23-year-old Ghasheh Saragon and 19-year-old Raana Mohammad were found at the apartment, in their beds, by the investigation group. As Noyan Tapan was informed from RA Police Public Relations and Information Department, no traces of violence
were found on the corpses.The investigation is carried on by the Prosecutor’s Office of Kanaker-Zeytun communities.
As mentioned late last year, the relatives of two other victims are already urging others to pressure the Armenian Government and local authorities into introducing tighter oversight of the situation, which claims dozens of lives each year. It’s also why I’m reluctant to have a gas heater installed in my apartment.
The risk simply isn’t worth the saving in terms of cost.
