Two men were found dead Thursday in an Indian cuisine restaurant in Tokyo, where a high concentration of carbon monoxide was detected, police said.
According to police, there was an emergency call from the restaurant in Nakarokugo, Ota Ward, just before 1 p.m., reporting that two people had died in the restaurant, Fuji TV reported. Police later found one man collapsed facing upward on a couch and another man sitting on a chair with his head drooped. They were both confirmed dead at the scene.
The two men were Indian employees of the restaurant, both in their 40s.
High levels of carbon monoxide were detected in the restaurant at the time. Police said autopsies will be conducted to determine the cause of death.
© Japan Today
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nandakandamanda
With these paraffin/kerosene heaters, you need to keep a flow of fresh air.
Spitfire
RIP.....
Very tragic.
mrbaberunee
Suspicious to say the least
nandakandamanda
News reports say they were using a tandoori oven with charcoal inside.
smithinjapan
nandakandamanda: "News reports say they were using a tandoori oven with charcoal inside."
And I have no doubt the place is a restaurant previously used as another restaurant, bought on the cheap, and with very poor or no working exhaust fans.
Silvafan
I don't believe that I have ever seen a monoxide detector in Japan. There are still a lot of places without smoke detectors.
Bugle Boy of Company B
Not the first time poisonous gas caused problems in an Indian restaurant.
AdamP75
That’s horrible
pepelepew
It's hard to find carbon monoxide detectors at retail stores and the general population is not educated on their usefulness.
If you try to go to a store and ask for one they don't even try to search for it, they say "no" at a lightning speed.
I remember ordering a few online and when I gave one as a present they politely said thanks but it was clear they just couldn't care less about it.
And yes, I also saw people using a kerosene heater in their bedroom!