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Carbon monoxide leak at Ky. construction site sends 10 workers to hospital

A diesel heater that wasn’t properly ventilated caused a carbon monoxide leak at an apartment construction site in Lexington

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By Christopher Leach
Lexington Herald-Leader

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A carbon monoxide leak at a construction site in Lexington sent 10 people to a hospital Thursday, according to the Lexington Fire Department.

The incident happened around 2:30 p.m. at 3125 Dorchester Place, a construction site for an apartment building. The fire department said 10 people were taken to a hospital, two by ambulance and eight by the fire department’s mobile ambulance bus.

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All the patients are expected to make a full recovery, the fire department said.

A diesel heater that was not properly ventilated caused the carbon monoxide leak, according to the fire department.

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