The San Antonio Fire Department is encouraging people to be especially careful in the wake of a carbon monoxide poisoning case that left seven people hospitalized.
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Through a phone translation app, the women said they had no idea what made them and the others so sick and are unsure sure how or why a car was left running inside the garage attached to the home.Woody Woodward with SAFD said that while these circumstances are unusual, poisoning from carbon monoxide gas is not.
He said carbon monoxide poisoning can happen quickly, with the dangerous gas seeping from items that are burning fuel. Woodward said people will often run generators in their garage or inside their homes. Instead, he said generators should be kept outdoors, at least 20 feet from all windows, doors and vents.
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