Crime & Safety
Carbon Monoxide Fumes Send 12 Skokie Residents to Hospital
A faulty furnace is believed to have caused dangerously high carbon monoxide levels.
High levels of carbon monoxide fumes caused 12 people, including several children, to be taken to local hospitals early this morning, according to the Chicago Tribune. A faulty furnace is believed to be the cause.
The incident occurred in the apartment building in the 8000 block of North Keating Avenue. Six ambulances took the 12 people to hospitals, the Tribune said, where authorities said they were all expected to survive but their conditions were not available.
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