Carbon Monoxide at Baltimore-Area Hotel Sends Nine to Hospital.
Nine people were in stable condition in hospitals on Sunday after high levels of carbon monoxide were found at a hotel near the Baltimore-Washington international airport in Maryland, fire officials said.
The 260-room Westin hotel in Linthicum, Maryland, was evacuated on Sunday afternoon after an emergency crew treating an employee who felt faint found elevated levels of carbon monoxide throughout the seven-story building, said Lieutenant Russ Davies of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.
"We did a room-by-room search of all seven floors to make sure the entire hotel was evacuated," said Davies, who added 64 rooms were occupied at the time of the emergency.
Eight of the nine people hospitalized were hotel employees and the other a guest, he added.
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