Firefighters evacuate a dozen suffering from CO poisoning
NORWICH – Emergency crews from the Norwich Fire Department responded to an incident Saturday that resulted in five people being hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
A seven-unit apartment house at 5617 Rt. 12 in the Town of Norwich, was evacuated early Saturday morning and its tenants, one of them a pregnant woman, were taken to Chenango Memorial Hospital, said Deputy Fire Coordinator Michael K. Beckwith. Five of out of the “10 to 12” residents were taken for treatment by emergency crews.
Firefighters said no carbon monoxide detectors were in the home and that the cause of the poisoning was a faulty heating unit that was improperly maintained.
Norwich FD Captain Michael Ford said crews detected the highest level of carbon monoxide at 600 parts per million.
“Normal would be none,” he said.
Beckwith recommended that residents install detectors in the same areas where most smoke detectors are found – sleeping areas and one device on each level of the home.
Beckwith warned against people who buy propane heating devices and hook up larger propane cylinders to them.
“They’re not designed for it and it’s very dangerous, not just as a fire hazard but they’re not designed to vent large amounts of carbon monoxide,” he said. Beckwith said insurance companies which discover such devices in a home will deny claims even if the device was not the cause of the incident.
A seven-unit apartment house at 5617 Rt. 12 in the Town of Norwich, was evacuated early Saturday morning and its tenants, one of them a pregnant woman, were taken to Chenango Memorial Hospital, said Deputy Fire Coordinator Michael K. Beckwith. Five of out of the “10 to 12” residents were taken for treatment by emergency crews.
Firefighters said no carbon monoxide detectors were in the home and that the cause of the poisoning was a faulty heating unit that was improperly maintained.
Norwich FD Captain Michael Ford said crews detected the highest level of carbon monoxide at 600 parts per million.
“Normal would be none,” he said.
Beckwith recommended that residents install detectors in the same areas where most smoke detectors are found – sleeping areas and one device on each level of the home.
Beckwith warned against people who buy propane heating devices and hook up larger propane cylinders to them.
“They’re not designed for it and it’s very dangerous, not just as a fire hazard but they’re not designed to vent large amounts of carbon monoxide,” he said. Beckwith said insurance companies which discover such devices in a home will deny claims even if the device was not the cause of the incident.
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