Dozens hospitalized after carbon monoxide poisoning at Delta, B.C. farm

BC Emergency Health Services tweeted that 13 ambulances responded to “a major incident.” (Pixabay photo)

DELTA, B.C. — Dozens of people were rushed to hospital Friday night, some in critical condition, after they were exposed to carbon monoxide at a farm in Delta, B.C..

BC Emergency Health Services tweeted that 13 ambulances responded to “a major incident,” and that 42 patients were admitted to hospital 10 in serious to critical condition and 32 others in stable condition.

Global TV reported the patients were being treated in hospitals around Metro Vancouver.

The incident reportedly occurred in a greenhouse nursery at Windset Farms.

Officials speculated the carbon monoxide may have come from the gas powered engine of a pressure washer that was being used to clean the nursery.