The fire brigade responded this evening with several fire engines to a new carbon monoxide report in an apartment on Smetanalaan in Assen. But after 45 minutes of investigation, the cause was discovered: a warning about empty batteries in the CO detector.
This time firefighters did not have to be at the red apartment, but at the blue apartment a little further away. Measurements were taken in different apartments on different floors.
While it is not yet clear exactly why the co-detectors went off in the red apartment, this has become clear in the blue apartment. “It concerns two cases of an empty battery in a CO detector,” says a spokesperson for the fire brigade. “Those batteries last five to seven years. The CO detectors were installed in 2018, so they have lasted for quite a long time. I understand that people have been confused by the sound that sounds when the battery is empty.”
The fire brigade advises residents of the blue apartment to replace the battery of the CO detector or the complete detector.
Last night a carbon monoxide alarm went off for the first time in an apartment in the red flat on Smetanalaan. At the beginning of the morning the alarm went off again, this time in three apartments.
Although the fire brigade searched for the source all day, it was not found. Tests did show that the source of the carbon monoxide was not in the homes.
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas that is poisonous. It is caused, among other things, by incomplete combustion of, for example, oil, gas and wood. Inhaling a lot of carbon monoxide can cause acute carbon monoxide poisoning that causes someone to become unconscious or even die, reports the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment.
