The police investigation into the fatal accident in a hotel pellet store in Lech on Friday has now been completed. As the Lech Police Inspectorate told APA on Sunday, it was still not assumed that there was a technical defect in the heating. The carbon monoxide, which in all probability led to the death of the two men aged 23 and 52, was probably produced during rearranging or during storage.
On Saturday, the pellets and the air were pumped out, and a high level of carbon monoxide was measured in the room. A report will now be submitted to the public prosecutor. It is possible that further investigations will follow.
The two men were found lifeless in the pellets warehouse on Friday evening. However, resuscitation measures were unsuccessful. The accident had led to a large deployment of emergency services: in addition to 200 firefighters, 47 rescue workers, five emergency doctors, four police patrols and the crisis intervention team were on the spot. Six people were taken to hospital with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. Among them were three first responders and three firefighters.