Three people die in Chupyra, near Kyiv, poisoned by a generator running in a basement

Three people have died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the village of Chupyra, in the Bila Tserkva district of the Kyiv region, according to the region's State Emergency Service. The call was received on Sunday at 09:20 local time.

The dead are a man, a woman and a teenage girl, according to the statement, which adds that a teenage boy has been admitted to a children's hospital. According to the agency's preliminary information, the cause was the improper use of a generator running in the basement.

The Emergency Service reminds the public that generators must not be used in homes, basements or other enclosed spaces, but outdoors and at a safe distance from buildings, windows and doors.

The statement does not say why the generator was being used. The Kyiv Independent notes that Kyiv and its surroundings are suffering daily, prolonged outages of electricity and water, and that widespread use of generators has returned because of Russian attacks on the energy grid.