Carbon monoxide leak prompts mass evacuation

Residents in a block of flats in Esch-sur-Alzette were evacuated on Tuesday evening after dangerous levels of carbon monoxide were detected.

Ambulance workers recorded dangerously high levels of the toxic gas at the property in rue du Fossé. All residents were evacuated and taken to hospital as a precaution. The source of the gas was found to be a faulty boiler.

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