Two people died of CO poisoning in Shymkent

ASTANA. December 27. KAZINFORM A 55-year-old man died during a fire which broke out in a service station in the city of Petropavlovsk Wednesday morning.

The blaze was put out in 2.5 hours. 9 firefighters and 2 units of the fire service equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire.

Another tragedy occurred in the city of Shymkent, where a gas furnace failure caused death of a man and a woman. Two children aged 5 and 8 years got carbon monoxide poisoning.