Nine taken to hospitals for carbon monoxide exposure
BY JAMES SCALZITTI Staff Reporter/jscalzitti@suntimes.com June 16, 2012 12:32PM
Updated: June 16, 2012 12:56PM
Nine people -- two of them in serious to critical condition -- have been taken to are hospitals after they were exposed to elevated carbon monoxide levels at a home in the Far South Side South Saturday morning.
An EMS Plan I, which brings at least five ambulances to the scene, was called about 10:42 a.m. after elevated carbon monoxide levels were reported in the 10100 South Hoxie, according to Fire Media Affairs.
By about 11:30 a.m. the building was being ventilated and people were being treated at the scene, according to Fire Media Affairs. Nine of those residents -- two in serious to critical condition, four in fair to serious condition, and three in good condition -- were then taken to hospitals, according to Fire Media Affairs. One other person treated at the scene did not want to be taken to a hospital. As of shortly before noon, fire crews continued to ventilate the building.
