KazTransGas-Tbilisi warns customers to be especially careful of gas appliances

The KazTransGas-Tbilisi company has released a statement regarding the incident that occurred on Khetagurovi Street, Tbilisi.

According to the statement, an elderly husband and wife were allegedly poisoned by CO.

"The family was using an open, prohibited water heater. Our specialists cut off the heater and warned the owners of the apartment not to use it. Specialists of the KazTransGas specialists also checked the ventilation channels of the building to protect the safety of other residents and detected another prohibited heater connected to a ventilation channel, which threatened the lives of other residents of the building as well. The owner of the apartment was warned and instructed not to use the heater”, reads the statement.

According to the company, in some cases, residents refused to open a door to the KazTransGas specialists.

The company warns customers to be especially careful of gas appliances, saying “CO is much more dangerous than natural gas!”