{"id":20915,"date":"2022-03-14T14:54:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T18:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=20915"},"modified":"2022-03-14T14:54:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T18:54:21","slug":"8-hospitalized-due-to-carbon-monoxide-at-lakeland-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/03\/14\/8-hospitalized-due-to-carbon-monoxide-at-lakeland-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"8 hospitalized due to carbon monoxide at Lakeland hotel<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The presence of carbon monoxide in rooms at a Lakeland hotel prompted an evacuation of the building on Sunday and led to the hospitalization of eight people, including four children, according to the Lakeland Fire Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A spokesperson for the City of Lakeland said that the gas was reported around 11 a.m. at the Sleep Inn & Suites on Lakeland Park Drive by someone who advised they felt lightheaded and smelled something unusual. Guests were allowed to reenter the hotel around 12:30 p.m., the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polk County Fire Rescue responded to the hotel along with Lakeland crews and provided medical transport for the patients, according to LFD Battalion Chief Jim Craw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe business had a concern that several persons inside were having some difficulties, so they contacted 911,\u201d Craw said. \u201cWe made contact with those patients (who) were triaged and looked at … several of them were transported to the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Craw said that the failure of a water heater in the hotel caused carbon monoxide to vent into people\u2019s rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe cause of it was (that) one of the water heaters for the business had a mechanical failure and it was venting into the mechanical room itself which was then getting into the rooms of the residents,\u201d Craw said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials said the patients were taken to the hospital in stable condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Craw, carbon monoxide in high levels can become fatal, and there are early warning signs that a person potentially exposed to it should heed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey may get dizzy, lightheaded, a headache, those are some of the first symptoms that you start off with,\u201d Craw said. \u201cThe potential was there for it to be a very serious incident.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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