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

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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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