CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Two West Side residents are hospitalized after a suspected carbon monoxide leak inside their home.
Chicago fire officials said crews responded to the multi-unit building on California near 12th Place at around 10 a.m. Firefighters detected carbon monoxide levels of 490 PPM (parts-per million), which is considered a dangerous level. Two residents were transported to Mount Sinai Hospital, while nine others refused medical attention, the department said. The conditions of those hospitalized is not known.
Fire officials believe a faulty furnace vent is to blame for the leak at the building across the street from Douglas Park.
The CFD said that the building did not have carbon monoxide detectors, and the leak, if it had occurred overnight when the residents were sleeping, could have been fatal. The fire department urges residents to have working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, tweeting that “CO alarms are cheap insurance that can protect from the silent killer, Carbon Monoxide.”
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