Hazmat crews respond to carbon monoxide leak at San Diego senior living center

  • Source: XETV-TV San Diego 6
  • Published: 12/27/2017 06:05 PM

Dozens of elderly residents were evacuated from a skilled care facility on Wednesday because of toxic fumes. A natural gas leak was reported just before 11 a.m. at the facility on Meadow Lark Drive. From the air, Chopper 8 showed the evacuees outside the Life House Skilled Nursing Facility. Many were in wheelchairs and on beds that were rolled outside once an employee smelled gas. "When the troops went in initially, there were readings of '10' on our monitor, which is a high carbon monoxide reading," said San Diego Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike McBride.



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