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Sixteen people treated after carbon monoxide leak in Hastings

Sixteen people have been treated for carbon monoxide inhalation after a leak from a diesel generator near a block of residential flats.

South East Coast Ambulance (SECamb) and East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service were called to Queen’s Apartments in Robertson Terrace, Hastings, shortly before 19:00 GMT on Tuesday.

A SECamb spokesperson said: “Sixteen patients were assessed and treated at the scene before seven patients were taken to hospital for further checks.”

The fire service, which worked with Southern Gas Networks, said they residents were evacuated after “high levels of CO came from a diesel generator at a commercial premises” which affected surrounding flats.


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