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Gas kills woman in her apartment

A WOMAN in her 70s died of gas poisoning in her apartment in Yangpu District in the early hours of yesterday morning.

She was found in the gas-filled home by her 50-year-old son, surnamed Peng, about 1am. He called an ambulance but passed out himself after breathing in gas.

Doctors pronounced the woman dead at the scene. Peng was sent to Changhai Hospital.

In another suspected gas leak, seven staff from a Japanese restaurant were taken to hospital yesterday after inhaling gas in their dormitory on Yuyao Road in Jing'an District.

According to the security guard at the building where the seven lived, another restaurant employee found them passed out on the floor foaming at the mouth about 3am.

The employee called an ambulance and the six men and one woman were taken to hospital. Their condition is not known.

The case is still under investigation, police said.


 

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