7 people taken to hospital after carbon monoxide leak at Edmonton apartment

First responders took seven people to hospital Wednesday after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected in the basement of a building off Whyte Avenue.

Edmonton Fire Rescue Services was called in to help EMS at 12:40 a.m. for a call at 99th Street and 79th Avenue.

High levels of carbon monoxide were found in the building’s basement and the building’s approximately 18 suites were evacuated.

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Alberta Health Services said EMS took the seven patients — five adults, one youth and one senior — to hospital in stable, non-life-threatening condition.

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