MOUNT OLIVE TOWNSHIP, NJ (Morris County) – Eight residents and four police officers were transported to area hospitals after a carbon monoxide exposure in the Flanders section of Mount Olive Township Monday evening.
According to Flanders Fire Chief Tyler Wargo, at around 7:30 p.m., a passerby noticed 1 person on the ground outside a Fennimore Court residence unconscious. The passerby then found an additional patient unconscious in the rear of the residence.
A source close to the investigation reported that additional patients were dragged out of the house unconscious.
Carbon monoxide readings in the house were 1,600 parts per million. According to Iowa State University, at 800 parts per million, dizziness, nausea and convulsions within 45 minutes, unconsciousness within two hours and death within 2-3 hours.
Two patients were transported to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx section of New York City by Atlantic Air 1 and New Jersey State Police NorthSTAR, Wargo said. Jacobi has special equipment for treating carbon monoxide poisoning.
The other patients were transported by ground to Morristown Medical Center. The four Mount Olive Police officers were transported to Saint Clare’s Dover Hospital as a precautionary measure, Wargo said.
The Morris County Hazmat and Morris County CIS were also requested to the scene.
The cause of the elevated CO levels remains under investigation by the Mount Olive Police Department, Morris County Prosecutors Office, and the Mount Olive Office of the Fire Marshall, Wargo said.
Agencies assisting at the scene were Budd Lake Fire Department, Budd Lake First Aid Squad, Chester Emergency Squad, Stanhope – Netcong EMS, Roxbury Company 1 EMS, Roxbury Company 2 EMS, Saint Claire’s Paramedics & Supervisors, Wargo said.
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