Firefighters saved two people passed out from carbon monoxide poisoning on Saturday. Crews from Engine Co. 2 received a medical call about a couple people who had fallen down the stairs, but arrived to find the smell of chemicals and two individuals unconscious on a basement floor, according to a Facebook post from Norwalk Firefighters Local 830. Firefighters put on masks and pulled the couple out of the building and called Norwalk Rescue Co. 2, the post said. The two had been using a gas-powered concrete saw indoors without ventilation, Norwalk Firefighters Local 830. A dangerous mixture of chemicals was also possibly present, the department said.
Firefighters found “very elevated” levels of carbon monoxide and ventilated the house until levels dropped to zero, according to the post.