Carbon monoxide killed 5 boys in dumpster
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November 19, 2012, Monday
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FIVE children who were found dead inside a dumpster in southwest China were poisoned by carbon monoxide, local authorities confirmed yesterday.
Remains of burned charcoal were found inside the dumpster, indicating that the boys might have used the charcoal for heat before they died, according to sources with the publicity department of the Bijie City Committee of the Communist Party of China in Guizhou Province.
They were believed to have been living on the street.
Autopsies showed that the boys, all aged about 10, died from carbon monoxide, and the possibility of injuries or mechanical asphyxia was ruled out, the sources said.
The bodies of the children were found by a trash collector in a dumpster along Huandong Road in Qixingguan District of Bijie City on Friday morning, according to The Beijing News.
Photos that were uploaded by Internet users showed that the dumpster is about 1.5 meters long and 1.3 meters wide, and the lid could have formed an airtight seal.
Local security authorities have identified three of the victims, all from Qixingguan District, while the confirmation of the identity of the other two is under way, the sources said.
Bijie is a mountainous city in northwest Guizhou, some 200 kilometers from the provincial capital of Guiyang.
It drizzled on Thursday night and the temperature went as low as 6 degrees Celsius, according to the local weather reports.
A further investigation into the case is under way.
The incident has triggered widespread uproar on the Internet, and the posts on Weibo, a Twitter-like microblogging service, have topped the most-viewed topics of the day, with hits exceeding 2.5 million as of 8pm yesterday.
While some netizens posted accused the local government of negligence, others said the parents of the dead children are also to blame for their lack of responsibility in looking after their kids.
"Both the government and the families of the children should take the blame for the tragedy," said a Weibo user with the screen name Fanxin Wudi.
"It reminded me of The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen. Isn't it that such things only happen in fairy tales?" another user, Saludika, said.
"What a cold world this must be for the five children!" netizen Lu Yao posted.
Remains of burned charcoal were found inside the dumpster, indicating that the boys might have used the charcoal for heat before they died, according to sources with the publicity department of the Bijie City Committee of the Communist Party of China in Guizhou Province.
They were believed to have been living on the street.
Autopsies showed that the boys, all aged about 10, died from carbon monoxide, and the possibility of injuries or mechanical asphyxia was ruled out, the sources said.
The bodies of the children were found by a trash collector in a dumpster along Huandong Road in Qixingguan District of Bijie City on Friday morning, according to The Beijing News.
Photos that were uploaded by Internet users showed that the dumpster is about 1.5 meters long and 1.3 meters wide, and the lid could have formed an airtight seal.
Local security authorities have identified three of the victims, all from Qixingguan District, while the confirmation of the identity of the other two is under way, the sources said.
Bijie is a mountainous city in northwest Guizhou, some 200 kilometers from the provincial capital of Guiyang.
It drizzled on Thursday night and the temperature went as low as 6 degrees Celsius, according to the local weather reports.
A further investigation into the case is under way.
The incident has triggered widespread uproar on the Internet, and the posts on Weibo, a Twitter-like microblogging service, have topped the most-viewed topics of the day, with hits exceeding 2.5 million as of 8pm yesterday.
While some netizens posted accused the local government of negligence, others said the parents of the dead children are also to blame for their lack of responsibility in looking after their kids.
"Both the government and the families of the children should take the blame for the tragedy," said a Weibo user with the screen name Fanxin Wudi.
"It reminded me of The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen. Isn't it that such things only happen in fairy tales?" another user, Saludika, said.
"What a cold world this must be for the five children!" netizen Lu Yao posted.
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