A carbon monoxide detector helped alert people in a Saskatoon apartment building to high levels of the odourless gas.
Officials with the Saskatoon Fire Department said they received a 911 call on Thursday at around 3:30 a.m. CT of the detector sounding in the building at 522 Ave. X. S.
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Crews using carbon monoxide monitors found readings of 165 ppm.
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Approximately 60 people were immediately evacuated from the building. Twelve people were transported to temporary shelter by the Canadian Red Cross.
No injuries were reported.
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SaskEnergy determined a faulty boiler was the cause of the carbon monoxide release.
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