Just two days after the tragic death of an Egyptian girl who suffocated from inhaling carbon monoxide inside a car in the Menoufia Governorate, where she sought refuge from the oppressive heat due to a power outage in her home, a young man in Cairo also died from suffocation inside his car while running the air conditioning for over an hour during a power outage.
The incident occurred on Saturday in the Manasha Nasir neighborhood of Cairo, where a young man suffocated inside his car after operating the air conditioning for more than an hour while the power was out. The young man’s uncle, "Mohamed," stated that his nephew could not withstand the rising temperatures due to the power outage, so he went to the car, turned on the air conditioning, and fell asleep for over an hour, according to a report by "Cairo 24."
The uncle added that the young man suffered from suffocation due to operating the car's air conditioning, which led to him being transported to a hospital; however, he died as a result of the suffocation. Investigators authorized the burial of the 27-year-old young man "Mohamed," who experienced suffocation after spending approximately an hour in the car with the air conditioning running.
### Death of a High School Girl
A high school girl had also died two days prior from suffocation after inhaling carbon monoxide inside a car in Menoufia, as she sought to escape the intense heat due to a power outage in her home. Social media users shared the incident, which sparked widespread controversy, as the girl attempted to flee the power outage to study during one of her high school exam nights but ultimately suffocated inside the vehicle due to the use of the air conditioning.
### Inhalation of Carbon Monoxide
Dr. Mahmoud Mohsen, a consultant in pulmonary diseases, commented on the student's death due to inhaling carbon monoxide from the car's air conditioning. In a phone interview on the program "Kalam Al-Nas" on MBC Egypt last Friday, he explained that car air conditioning releases some gases such as carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide. He noted that these gases enter the car while it is stationary through the air conditioning vents at a significant rate, whereas the levels are much lower when the car is in motion. Moreover, he indicated that closing the car leads to exposure to high concentrations of gases, emphasizing that carbon monoxide is extremely dangerous, as it is colorless and odorless.
