Children, workers rushed to hospital after carbon monoxide leak at Allentown daycare - 69News WFMZ-TV

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A c monoxide leak astatine a daycare has sent much than 2 twelve children and workers to the hospital.

Every ambulance successful Allentown responded to the leak astatine Happy Smiles Learning Center successful the 400 artifact of Wabash Street, said Capt. John Christopher, with the Allentown Fire Department.

The 911 telephone Tuesday greeting was initially a aesculapian telephone for a kid who was unconscious, Christopher said. When firefighters and EMTs responded, the monitors connected their bags alerted them to c monoxide.

That prompted a afloat evacuation of the halfway and a monolithic exigency response, arsenic aggregate radical were showing symptoms, helium said.

Multiple children were taken retired connected stretchers, arsenic much waited to beryllium transported.

So far, 27 radical total, including children, were taken to 4 hospitals successful the Lehigh Valley, authorities said.

All were successful unchangeable condition.

The incidental was reported arsenic a level 1 wide casualty incident, meaning section exigency responders and hospitals whitethorn beryllium overwhelmed by the fig of patients.

Multiple different occurrence departments and exigency responders are providing communal assistance astatine the scene, Christopher said.

Parents person been notified, officials said, and authorities are moving with daycare halfway employees to support everyone informed.

Another daycare astir the country opened up its installation for children to enactment warm.

UGI crews are connected country to analyse wherever the leak is coming from and what caused it.

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