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Airport hotel evacuated in carbon monoxide scare
An airport hotel in the US has been evacuated and nine people rushed to hospital in a carbon monoxide scare.
A member of staff at the Westin Hotel at Baltimore-Washington airport collapsed and subsequently high levels of carbon monoxide were found throughout the hotel.
Those hospitalised included eight members of staff and one hotel guest.
The property was evacuated and ventilated, and the source of the gas leak was cut off by the fire department, said lieutenant Russ Davies of the local County Fire Department.
He added that at the time of the evacuation, 64 rooms in the hotel were occupied.
Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas with no colour or smell, and can prove fatal in high concentrations in confined spaces.
The hotel is managed by Starwood Hotels and Resorts group.
Last year, three guests died in two separate incidents at a Boone, North Carolina hotel which was later confirmed to be caused by carbon monoxide poisoning.
By TravelMole US editor Ray Montgomery
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