Coal smoke suspect as 3 die in HCMC

The rented apartment in Thu Duc City where three people in a family died, probably of carbon monoxide poisoning from burning coal, May 18, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Dinh Van

Three people who died in a rented apartment in HCMC might have suffered carbon monoxide poisoning from burning coal, police say.

Around 6 a.m. Wednesday, people living in a rented apartment complex in Hiep Binh Phuoc Ward of Thu Duc found all four members of a family unconscious.

Luong Van Kien, 45, his wife, 44, their daughter, 23 and son, 16 were natives of Ninh Thuan Province in central Vietnam who had been staying in HCMC for five years.

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