Three hospitalized after high carbon monoxide is detected in Chicago apartment building
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Three people were rushed to the hospital because of high levels of carbon monoxide in a Logan Square apartment building Friday night.
Chicago firefighters were called Friday evening to a 25-unit apartment building at Armitage and Kedzie avenues.
High carbon monoxide readings were detected in one section of the courtyard building.
The Chicago Fire Department called a hazmat response.
The Fire Department said the scene was secure as of 9 p.m. Friday, and investigators from the gas company were looking for the source of the carbon monoxide.
Saturday a spokesperson for Peoples Gas said the cause of the incident was unrelated to their equipment and seems to have been related to the boiler.
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