Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Nanpean at 14/01/2017 09:46

One appliance from St Dennis and a Flexi Duty Officer attended this incident. The crew used two gas detectors in two adjoining properties that both gave a positive reading. Two adults and one child from one property were taken to hospital by ambulance showing symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, the resident in the neighbouring property was unaffected. Crews extinguished the combustible source of the carbon monoxide, ventilated and then tested again with gas detector to make sure all was safe.

There are no further details for this incident.

Carbon Monoxide is potentially fatal and even low-levels of the poison can cause lasting damage to your health. You can't smell it, see it or taste it, but it could be there now.

Further information and guidance regarding carbon monoxide can be found on the following link.

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