Colorado Springs, CO – Forty-five people were evacuated from a north Colorado Springs Walmart early Tuesday morning after carbon monoxide was detected in the store.
Colorado Springs Utilities responded to the Razorback location at 1:30 a.m., and says they did find low levels of carbon monoxide throughout most of the store. In the electronics area, the carbon monoxide levels were higher. Springs Utilities says they measured 66 parts per million (ppm) in the electronics area versus 19 ppm in the rest of the store. The store was closed for 90 minutes while crews ventilated the building.
This was the second time in two weeks that carbon monoxide was found in the Razorback Walmart. The store was evacuated on June 5 after CO levels reached 80 ppm.
“You will start to feel the sickness and effects of CO at that level. It’s not a lethal level, but it’s a level that starts to concern us. Anytime we get above 30 ppm is when we try to get people out of that atmosphere,” Colorado Springs Fire Department spokesperson Capt. Steve Oswald told 11 News at the time.
Springs Utilities says as far as they know, nobody required hospitalization Tuesday.