Family From Ixelles Heats with Charcoal in Wok: Hospitalized with Co Poisoning

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A family with three young children was taken to the hospital Sunday morning after carbon monoxide poisoning in their apartment in Ixelles. The family briefly lost heat, so they burned charcoal in a wok to stay warm. No one's life is in danger.

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A family was hospitalized on Sunday morning following a carbon monoxide intoxication in an apartment located avenue de l'Université in Ixelles, the Brussels Firefighters indicate. The events occurred at around 10:20 a.m., after a call to the emergency plant 112 indicating a malaise in the home. The firefighters intervened with the medical services for a suspicion of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. The intervention concerned an apartment on the s…