Carbon monoxide and natural gas fill apartment
22-year-old Port Huron man was taken to Port Huron Hospital on Thursday morning for suspected carbon-monoxide poisoning after firefighters found high levels of the deadly gas and extremely high levels of natural gas in his Water Street apartment.
Port Huron Fire Lt. Mark Kern said the man had been released from the hospital Thursday afternoon after being tested to determine if carbon monoxide caused him to become ill.
The owner of Sunshine Pet Grooming, 1445 Water St., a business adjoining the man's apartment, reported smelling natural gas about 8 a.m.
"(The apartment resident) was conscious, but he was feeling tired and ill, which are some low-level, carbon-monoxide poisoning symptoms," Kern said Thursday morning.
Kern said an investigation found natural gas flowing freely from an uncapped gas line in the apartment. The gas line was supposed to be connected to the man's dryer. Firefighters are trying to determine how the gas line got disconnected.
Carbon-monoxide readings reached about 70 parts per million inside the building, Kern said, which is enough to cause illness. Officials are trying to determine how carbon monoxide built up inside the apartment.
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