In a flat in a residential building on Kubiiyovycha Street in Lviv, a two-year-old child was poisoned by carbon monoxide. The incident took place at night, as reported by the Department for Civil Protection and Territorial Defence of the Lviv City Council.
The injured child was taken to St Nicholas Children’s Hospital. Gas service specialists cut off the gas supply to the building to establish the circumstances of the incident.
The city’s Department for Civil Protection and Territorial Defence reported that since the beginning of 2026, 49 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning have been recorded in Lviv. A total of 90 people were affected, including 35 children. One person died. In all cases, the cause was failure to follow or breaches of the rules for using gas appliances.
Specialists stress that the key condition for the safe use of gas appliances is a constant inflow of fresh air into the premises through windows, doors and ventilation ducts, which must be cleared and ensure proper draught. Flues for removing combustion products from gas boilers and water heaters must also be clean. It is not permitted to install electric fans in rooms with gas appliances, as failure to comply with these requirements may lead to the formation of carbon monoxide.
Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning include severe headache, general weakness, drowsiness, dizziness and possible vomiting. If such symptoms appear, all combustion appliances must be switched off, you should go out into the fresh air, and call an ambulance and the gas emergency service.
In accidents related to the use of gas, people are advised to call the emergency numbers: ambulance — 103, fire service — 101, gas service — 104, police — 102. Any one of these services will alert the others, and they will all respond to the scene.