Two unidentified people was taken to a local hospital Wednesday morning from a home construction site in North Yarmouth for treatment of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, an emergency dispatcher said.
Emergency medical technicians and firefighters responded to a call at 10:13 a.m. in a development under construction at 37 Memorial Highway, the dispatcher said.
The victims were found in a basement, where the carbon monoxide concentration was measured by firefighters to be about 400 parts per million, the dispatcher said.
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration limits most workers to a maximum exposure level of 50 parts per million average during an eight-hour shift. At 400 parts per million, people can lose consciousness within two to three hours. Exposure for longer periods or at higher concentrations can be fatal.
The conditions of the people were not available.
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