According to local reports, a heating system for hot water(could be a boiler) malfunctioned, and produced carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. The gas slowly started to spread and made people dizzy and sick. Some started to collapse. Those sent to hospital have been so far doing OK. It does not appear to be terrorist-related.
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To: TigerLikesRooster
The first thing I thought of when I read this is what Shoko Asahara's people did in Tokyo.
To: TigerLikesRooster
Does sound like carbon monoxide from your description. Symptoms are mild until a concentration threshold is reached. Inability to walk due to loss of balance function follows. Nausea, weakness, and confusion. Not uncommonly seen in "coal gas" fired systems as coal gas has high CO content.
6 posted on
09/08/2006 4:15:45 AM PDT by
Iris7
(Dare to be pigheaded! Stubborn! "Tolerance" is not a virtue!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Something like that happened in a store in my area 6-8 years ago. A motorized paint stripping device on the roof poured carbon monoxide from its exhaust into the roof-mounted intake for the building's air-conditioning system. This caused several dozen customers and staff to pass out.
8 posted on
09/08/2006 7:35:41 AM PDT by
Thud
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