More than a dozen children and several adults are back home after they were sent to a hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning Monday afternoon.
A total of 17 children and four parents experienced the symptoms at about 3 p.m. at the G.A.T.E.S. Adolescent and Children’s Academy at 2929 Hapeville Road.
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“When we arrived, it looked like children were having seizures, vomiting and losing consciousness,” Atlanta fire spokesman Sgt. Cortez Stafford said. The symptoms are not life-threatening, officials said. The day care’s owner, Cassidy Gates, told Channel 2 Action News that everyone who went to the hospital has since been released. Officials believe the carbon monoxide came out of a gas furnace, Stafford said. Gates said the daycare will be closed until the source of the problem is determined and fixed, Channel 2 reported. She added that the building does have carbon monoxide detectors, but it’s unclear why they did not go off.
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