Several firefighters and paramedics attended an apartment building just off St. Margaret’s Bay Road for a suspected carbon monoxide incident Tuesday night.
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency asked everyone to leave the multi-unit apartment building on Birches Drive while they investigated.
The building is located just off the Armdale Rotary.
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Halifax Transit buses were moved in to provide shelter. Paramedics were assessing people for possible exposure to the deadly gas.
It’s believed a carbon monoxide detector raised the alarm.
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Few other details have been released.
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