KITTERY, Maine (WHDH) — Eleven people were taken to the hospital Wednesday after a suspected carbon monoxide incident at a daycare in Kittery, Maine, officials said.
Crews responding to a possible carbon monoxide incident at Building Blocks Daycare on Route 236 around 3 p.m. evacuated the building and took seven people to nearby Portsmouth Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to a statement issued by the town.
Firefighters reported measuring 10 times the acceptable level of carbon monoxide in the building and young children complaining of nausea and headaches.
There were 27 children and 10 staff in the building at the time of the call.
Seven pediatric patients and four adults were treated at the hospital and released.
The cause of the carbon monoxide incident remains under investigation.
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