De Pere, WI – Crews were called to a De Pere apartment complex for the second time in two nights for high levels of carbon monoxide.
At 10 p.m. Tuesday, crews were called to Burgoyne Lake Estates for reports a CO detector was going off in one of the buildings.
Fire crews say no one was feeling ill, but their detectors picked up moderate CO levels of about 50 parts per million–near the evacuation threshold.
Everyone in the 16-unit building was evacuated for a couple of hours as the building was ventilated.
“No patients were transported,” said Capt. Ben Cheslock, De Pere Fire Department. “The ambulances were brought on scene just to provide shelter for the occupants, to take them out of the elements.”
Utility crews determined the carbon monoxide was coming from the building’s boiler, which is shut down until a contractor can look at it this morning.
That means no heat for the building, but the fire department says the property manager offered hotel vouchers to the residents.
This call comes one night after undetected carbon monoxide at a building in the complex sent two people to the hospital and forced an evacuation.Action 2 News learned that there were no CO detectors in the complex, even though the units were required by law to have them.Crews told us Tuesday they were working to install detectors in the building.Click here to read more.
The fire department didn’t know if the detectors that signaled Tuesday night’s build up in the neighboring building had been newly installed.
Carbon monoxide is an odorless gas that can be deadly if undetected.