St. Clair Township Fire Department.

St. Clair Township Fire Department.

Man Exposed to Carbon Monoxide

By Briana Carnegie

August 20, 2015 - 1:28pm

St. Clair Township firefighters and EMS rescued a man from the Mooretown Sports Complex before 10 Thursday morning. Fire Chief Walt Anderson says a person was exposed to carbon monoxide from a running engine inside the building. He says the man had been power washing a washroom shower with a fuel-powered motor. [audio mp3="http://blackburnnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Walt-2.mp3"][/audio] The man was pulled from the room, put on oxygen and transported to Bluewater Health.

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