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Resort blames guests for their heating technique after family taken to hospital

 

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Caption: No gas leak

 

A resort in the north east of Thailand has pointed the finger of blame at a Singaporean family after they fainted in a Phu Thap Berk room. 

 

Earlier reports suggested the family - parents and a ten year old child who were found unconscious by a friend - had inhaled gas from a faulty water heater. 

 

The resort has told police and tourism officials investigating that there was no gas leak. A gas water heater at the resort is outside and connected by pipes to the rooms.

 

They said that the Singaporeans had been responsible for their own problems after they tried to warm the room in the cold weather. 

 

They said that they had turned on the water heater creating a great deal of steam that then emanated from the ensuite bathroom through the bedroom.

 

With no ventilation and accompanied by fans spreading the steam the consequence was that the family passed out from lack of oxygen. 

 

Doctors at the hospital still thought it was gas, reported Sanook who said that all the members of the family were now out of danger and recovering.

 

Source: Sanook

 

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So if the gas water heater is outside and connected to the rooms by pipes then why is there a huge water heater in the photo in the bathroom that has vents at the side ?? 
If it was outside and just connected to the room by pipes then there would only be two taps or a mixer tap on the wall for the shower I would think !

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1 hour ago, Moonlover said:

I think your assessment is spot on. That type of gas heater has the flue at the top. If proper venting is not installed, the fumes come straight into the room.

 

Doctor's statement that 'they thought it was gas' is actually correct. The gas being carbon monoxide.

The heater is outside the room according to the article. If its outside the possibilty of a gas leak or fumes are remote. We have a similar heater and they do not have flues anymore. The modern gas water heaters have safety cut offs in case of gas leaks. 

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23 minutes ago, SOUTHERNSTAR said:

The heater is outside the room according to the article. If its outside the possibilty of a gas leak or fumes are remote. We have a similar heater and they do not have flues anymore. The modern gas water heaters have safety cut offs in case of gas leaks. 

The heater was in the en-suite bathroom. That is quite clear from the picture. The bathroom door must have been open, otherwise the steam/fumes would not have spread into the adjacent bedroom. (left open deliberately to facilitate the warming)

 

As you have one of these heaters, you will know that the combustion fumes vent out from the top and unless there is an outlet flue fitted CO will enter the room. Singaporeans will not be so familiar with the dangers of carbon monoxide living as they do in a tropical hothouse.

 

To me, carbon monoxide poisoning, due to misuse and lack of awareness is the obvious cause of this unfortunate incident.

 

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18 hours ago, rooster59 said:

They said that they had turned on the water heater creating a great deal of steam that then emanated from the ensuite bathroom through the bedroom.

So they made a sauna ? What a feeble excuse

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11 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:
18 hours ago, rooster59 said:

They said that they had turned on the water heater creating a great deal of steam that then emanated from the ensuite bathroom through the bedroom.

 

11 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

So they made a sauna ? What a feeble excuse

A sauna with a dangerous quantity of carbon monoxide! Not a feeble excuse by the owner at all. A bad mistake by the occupant.

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20 hours ago, rooster59 said:

They said that they had turned on the water heater creating a great deal of steam that then emanated from the ensuite bathroom through the bedroom.

 

With no ventilation and accompanied by fans spreading the steam the consequence was that the family passed out from lack of oxygen

Nice try.... 

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