An idle gas-powered generator in the garage of a three-story Lake City apartment building sent 10 people, including four firefighters and two medics, to local hospitals with carbon-monoxide poisoning on Monday, April 28.A carpet-cleaning employee had left a generator running in his van in the open garage of the 18-unit Shorecrest apartment building in the 12500 block of 35th Avenue Northeast. A resident found the employee unconscious on the third floor and called 911 at 11:15 a.m. For the next hour and a half, 17 fire and aid units responded to the scene.Many of the victims received treatment at Harborview Medical Center for headaches and dizziness, while three - all civilians - were treated in Virginia Mason Medical Center's hyperbaric chamber, according to Seattle Fire spokesperson Helen Fitzpatrick. Three residents with symptoms declined treatment.The Seattle Fire Department allowed the residents inside the building around 2:30 p.m.[[In-content Ad]]
