Carbon Monoxide Incident Sends 3 People To Hospital

SILVER SPRING, MD — Three people were brought to the hospital after high levels of carbon monoxide was reported at their Silver Spring home early Wednesday morning, officials said.

Firefighters and a HAZMAT team reported to the home in the 9400 block of Worth Ave. at about 1:30 a.m.

Two adults and one child were transported to the hyperbaric chamber of the Shock Trauma center at the University of Maryland Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, Montgomery County Fire & Rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer said.

Piringer said there were high levels of carbon monoxide inside the mixed-use building. The building was partially evacuated and crews ventilated it, Piringer said.

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