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Absent gas detection equipment sees dozens of school pupils struck down by CO

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A school which did not have sufficient gas detection equipment in place has seen dozens of its pupilsĀ hospitalised.

Dozens of pupils and a number of adults at a US elementary school have been hospitalised with carbon monoxide poisoning following a gas leak.

According to the Guardian, 42 students and seven adults required treatment after the incident at Finch Elementary School in Atlanta, Georgia.

The school did not have sufficient gas detection equipment and a number of pupils were reported to have fainted before the alarm was raised and approximately 500 people were evacuated from the site.

Atlanta fire captain Marian McDaniel explained that carbon monoxide levels reached 1,700 parts per million near the school's furnace, meaning it was fortunate that the leak did not claim any lives.

The potentially-deadly incident reportedly has officials considering installing carbon monoxide detectors in schools to help guard against any repeat of the incident.

Officials in Baltimore vowed to equip the state's schools with gas detection equipment after two carbon monoxide leaks within a week in 2011.

Closer to home, the UK charity Carbon Monoxide Awareness is set to close down at the end of this year if funding is not found.

However, founder Lynn Griffiths is keen to encourage a community approach to spreading awareness of the deadly gas.

"I want people to think of others in their community. They may have family or friends who are at risk and there are certainly many young people, older people and immigrants to the UK who live in poverty and don't have CO alarms," she said.

"Be neighbourly, keep an eye on them and take action if any appear to be experiencing symptoms of CO poisoning."

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