26 suffer carbon monoxide poisoning at Swiss campground: police

Geneva: More than two dozen peopled suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning during a dinner in a dome tent at a campsite in central Switzerland, police said on Sunday.

“Late on Saturday evening, a number of people in Giswil suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning and had to be hospitalised,” regional police 2130 GMT), a number of the 35 people in attendance suddenly lost consciousness and others complained they felt unwell, Obwalden police said, adding that the group had immediately gone out into the fresh air.

“According to initial investigations, there was an excessive accumulation of carbon monoxide in the tent over the course of the evening, causing a number of people to suffer from carbon monoxide poisoning,” the police said.