Four people were found dead and two others were injured in a
vehicle emission poisoning accident on Tuesday in Urumqi, capital
of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
According to local government sources, the city's emergency
treatment center received reports of the accident at 9:00 a.m.
andrushed to the site at a repair plant of audio and video
products. Four people were found dead and the other two were
unconscious.
The victims were workers at the plant. They stayed overnight
onMonday inside the workshop after completing work. The generated
engine of a vehicle was used as a source of heat due to the low
temperatures early Tuesday morning.
The carbon monoxide from the emission killed them, the sources
said.
(Xinhua News Agency April 19, 2006)
