BREAKING: Deadly gas leak at Georgian ski resort leaves 12 dead

Twelve people have died of carbon monoxide poisoning in what appeared to be an accident at a ski station in Georgia, police said on Monday.

The bodies of 11 foreigners and one Georgian national were found in a sleeping area above a restaurant at the ski station of Gudauri, in the north of the Caucasus country, police said, adding that “preliminary tests do not indicate any trace of violence on the bodies.”

PUNCH Online reports that Carbon Monoxide (CO) is a colourless, odourless, and tasteless gas highly toxic to humans and animals.

It is produced when fuels such as natural gas, propane, gasoline, wood, or charcoal are burnt incompletely due to insufficient oxygen.

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