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Two Hospitalized in Life-Threatening Carbon Monoxide Leak at Plymouth, N.H., Condo

An on-demand water heater was identified as the source pending findings on what went wrong.

Overview

  • Plymouth Fire Rescue responded around 4 a.m. to 31 Tenney Brook Road after residents reported feeling sick.
  • Firefighters recorded carbon monoxide levels above 500 parts per million, the upper limit of their meters and a level considered immediately dangerous to life and health.
  • Crews removed two occupants, called in off-duty responders, and evacuated the building’s remaining five units as a precaution.
  • The propane supply was shut off and the building was ventilated until monitors read zero parts per million, allowing residents to return.
  • The EPA warns that exposures above 9 ppm over eight hours and above 35 ppm over one hour are unsafe, underscoring the severity of the incident.