North Plainfield, NJ – Two patients are in critical condition after they were overcome by carbon monoxide inside a North Plainfield business on Saturday evening.
North Plainfield Fire Department personnel responded to the Fresh Catch Seafood Market on Route 22 just after 5 p.m. and found a man and a woman unresponsive and suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to fire Capt. James DiPaolo.
One of them was suffering from chemical burns, he added.
The business was closed for renovations and cleaning at the time, DiPaolo said, but it wasn’t clear if the two victims, who have not been identified, were hired for renovations or were affiliated with the seafood market.
Officials also could not say what the pair were doing when they were overcome.
Carbon monoxide in the building was measured at 1,500 to 2,000 parts per million, which is a potentially fatal level, DiPaolo said.
Fire officials didn’t know which hospital was treating the patients.
The cause of the incident remains under investigation.