Severe gas poisoning accidents occurred in Wutai County, Shanxi Province, China, causing seven people to suffocate, and initially judged death because of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Comprehensive CCTV News and People's Daily reported that the accident occurred in the evening of Tuesday (October 3) at a venue is a corn processing workshop in Xingping Village, Dou Village, Wutai County, Shanxi Province.

After preliminary investigation by the public security organs, a somewhere in Shaanxi entered the drying equipment of the Hongyuan processing plant at about 7 pm on Tuesday and was lost in the pits of the drying equipment of the Hongyuan Processing Plant. Subsequently, the six people entered the tunnel to rescue and poisoned.After receiving the police, at 8 o'clock that night, the fire rescue department rescued seven people and sent it to the county First People's Hospital for rescue.

It is understood that the seven deceased has a family relationship.

After investigation, this incident belongs to an accident, and the cause of death is in line with hypoxia.The carbon dioxide gas in the feed pit is formed by the interoperability of the heating facilities and the inlet device after the factory was discontinued in previous years.

It is reported that the Hongyuan Processing Plant in Doucun Town, Wutai County was established on April 12, 2018. It is located in Xingping Village, Doucun Town.Sales for corn deserture after drying.The factory has been in a state of suspension this year.