Overview
- Two women and two adolescents were hospitalized after using braseros in closed homes, local reports said Friday, highlighting immediate danger during the current cold spell.
- Authorities and the Asociación de Gasistas de Rosario urge simple safety steps: keep a window slightly open, have annual checks by a certified gas technician, and avoid open‑flame or open‑chamber heaters in bedrooms and bathrooms.
- A healthy gas flame should be blue because yellow or orange flames indicate incomplete combustion that can produce carbon monoxide.
- Carbon monoxide is odorless and colorless and causes symptoms that mimic flu or food poisoning—headache, dizziness, nausea, drowsiness, confusion, or loss of consciousness—so experts advise moving to fresh air and calling emergency services (107) at any suspicion.
- Officials stress most CO poisonings are preventable and note Argentina records substantial seasonal burdens each winter, with past July spikes underscoring the need for detectors, regular maintenance, and safer heating choices.