THREE PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALIZED MONDAY AFTER BEING OVERCOME BY CARBON MONOXIDE IN SIOUX CITY.
FIRE RESCUE CAPTAIN RYAN COLLINS SAYS EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WENT TO 1721 23RD STREET NEAR FLOYD BOULEVARD:
OC………SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT. :20
COLLINS SAYS THAT IS WHAT LED TO THE VICTIMS BEING OVERCOME:
OC………AT THIS TIME. :11
HE SAYS IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION USING THAT GENERATOR IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE AND SINCE THE HOUSE WAS TAGGED FOR DEMOLITION THERE WERE NO WORKING CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS INSIDE:
OC……….MONOXIDE HAZARD. :17
COLLINS SAYS CARBON MONOXIDE CAN QUICKLY BECOME DEADLY IN UNVENTILATED STRUCTURES:
OC………..INSIDE THEIR HOME. ;27
THE VICTIMS NAMES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.
