Nine people have been hospitalised in Hobart due to suspected exposure to carbon monoxide, resulting in poisoning.
ADepartment of Health spokesperson said the patients “were receiving appropriate treatment” at the Royal Hobart Hospital on Thursday.
Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas. It’s tasteless, colourless, and odourless.
Carbon monoxide
Burning certain substances – e.g. petrol, diesel, wood, and– produces carbon monoxide.
Carbon monoxide can be emitted by items like gas heaters, gas cooktops, portable power generators, and car exhausts.
Without proper ventilation, exposure to carbon monoxide can lead to nausea, vomiting, and fainting.
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High levels of exposure to carbon monoxide can result in poisoning, which includes losing consciousness, seizures or death.
Hobart incident
Emergency services were called to a building in Glenorchy, a north-western Hobart suburb, on Thursday.
said people in the building were “believed” to have had a “minor exposure” to carbon monoxide, resulting in poisoning.
Initially, two people were taken to the Royal Hobart Hospital.
According to the state’s health department, a total of nine people were being treated in hospital.
Emergency services said the scene is now “deemed safe”.
