Pretoria - Two security guards have died at the Groenkloof Nature Reserve after inhaling smoke from a makeshift fire.
Yesterday, Mashigo said it was suspected that both died in their sleep through smoke inhalation from an open fire in a drum, after they had locked themselves into the shelter to keep themselves warm. This happened on an evening when temperatures in Tshwane were, according to the South African Weather Service, cold and ranging from 17.9°C to a low of 4.7°C.
He said this was due to the fact that it was difficult to treat carbon monoxide poisoning as it attached itself to the blood cells, making it very hard to help affected people."The danger with carbon monoxide is that you just feel sleepy and eventually lose consciousness, and because it attaches to the blood cells even when you administer oxygen people are less likely to respond to the treatment.
He said what they often found was that people resorted to using paraffin or gas stoves on top of their electrical stove for cooking when load shedding struck.
pretorianews They were most likely burning plastic and other rubbish and were unaware of the toxicity of the smoke.
pretorianews Oh no, how terrible :(
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