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NC hotel evacuated, three guests sick after carbon monoxide leak
Guests and workers were evacuated from a Fayetteville, NC hotel after a carbon monoxide leak sickened three people.
The Residence Inn by Marriott was evacuated when fire crews were called and they detected high carbon monoxide levels.
Investigators said the likely cause was a malfunctioning water heater.
The hotel has a carbon monoxide detection system although the alarm was raised when two guests sought medical assistance on their own after feeling unwell.
A third guest was later taken to another medical facility suffering from carbon monoxide exposure.
The hotel was fully booked at the time said fire marshall Michael Martin.
"I would like to thank the staff of the Cape Fear Valley Medical Center for realizing that this situation could have affected many more people in addition to the two being treated in the Emergency Department," Martin said.
"We are currently working with the hotel to determine the functionality of the existing carbon monoxide alarms that were installed, if additional alarms are needed, and working on solutions to prevent this situation from occurring in the future."
Martin said the hotel will remain closed while the faulty water heater is made safe and the hotel is given an all-clear.
Carbon monoxide is known as the ‘silent killer’ as fumes are colorless and odorless and deaths often occur while people are asleep.
Carbon monoxide poisoning kills about 500 people a year in the US.
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