How can car air conditioning be deadly?

2024-06-30 2024-06-30T10:50:50Z

Weather of Arabia - After a girl died as a result of inhaling carbon monoxide gas inside a car in the Egyptian governorate of Menoufia, where she took refuge in the car to escape the extreme heat due to a power outage in her home, Dr. Mahmoud Mohsen, a consultant in chest diseases, commented on the incident in a telephone interview with a media program in the evening. Friday, Dr. Mohsen explained that car air conditioning can release gases such as carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.

Important information about car air conditioning gases

He explained that these gases can enter the car during its stop through the air conditioning vents to a large extent, while the gas levels are lower when the car is moving. He stressed that closing the car with the air conditioning running can lead to the person being exposed to high levels of these gases, noting that carbon monoxide It is a very dangerous gas, and has no color or smell.

He added that a person begins to feel symptoms of suffocation within 45-60 minutes inside a closed car, and these symptoms are headaches and fatigue.

Dr. Mohsen appealed to citizens not to sit inside closed cars with the air conditioning running for long periods exceeding 45-60 minutes, to avoid the risk of exposure to carbon monoxide gas suffocation.

The tragedy of a high school student due to a power outage

A high school student died of suffocation after inhaling carbon monoxide gas inside a car in Menoufia Governorate, after she took refuge in it to escape the extreme heat due to a power outage in her home.

The incident sparked widespread controversy on social media, as the girl tried to escape the power outage to study one night in high school, but she died of suffocation inside the car due to using the air conditioner.

A number of close people and people of the governorate mourned the student, expressing their sadness by saying:

“We belong to God and to Him we shall return... May God have mercy on her, forgive her, and make her dwell in His spacious gardens.”