More than two dozen children and daycare workers were sent to local hospitals Tuesday after a carbon monoxide leak in Allentown, Pennsylvania, WFMZ reported.
Every ambulance in Allentown responded to the spill at the Happy Smiles Learning Center in the 400 block of Wabash Street, Fire Capt. John Christopher told WFMZ.
Among those rushed to hospitals, 18 children and one adult were admitted to two locations in the Lehigh Valley Hospital system, a spokesman said.
Of these patients, 14 children and the adult are listed in stable condition. The spokesman did not know the conditions of the other four patients.
Firefighters responded to a 911 call Tuesday morning about an unconscious child, WFMZ said, and found “the monitors in their bags alerted them to carbon monoxide.”
The alerts prompted an evacuation of the entire facility “and a massive emergency response,” Christopher said, according to WFMZ.
“A total of twenty-six people, including children, were taken to four hospitals in the Lehigh Valley,” the station reported. Everything appears to be in stable condition, he added.
Carbon monoxide is a gas that has no smell, color or taste. It is not detectable by sight or smell, but it can be dangerous and even fatal.
Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk’s office is looking into the incident, spokesman Genesis Ortega told CNN.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
