Carbon Monoxide Leak Sickens 11 People

By: Donna Willis | NBC4i.com
Published: February 22, 2010

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Almost a dozen people were transported to a local hospital Monday after a carbon-monoxide leak at a local business.

NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS from Columbus fire.

Eleven people were transported to Ohio State Medical Center Main at about 11 a.m. Monday.

Fire crews said people inside the Graybar Electric Company, 1200 Kinnear Rd., started to feel ill earlier in the morning.

Columbus fire was called to the scene and evacuated the Northwest Side building.

CFD Battalion Chief David Whiting said the leak originated from a furnace.

Everyone was expected to recover.

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