Gas in Woden! Carbon Monoxide strikes down passersby

And in the next several days Canberra pet shops will suffer shortages in canaries…

I use to just about hold my breath running for the door to David Jones whenever my husband insisted on parking in the car park overlooking that cleaner, in fact it was probably a big influence on me not going to Woden so much and never in busy times when the car park on the other side was likelier to be full. While the carbon monoxide on this occasion is a seperate issue to the regular solvent fumes I’m not surprised the problem was found to have been there.

Yep, it was Mr Green, in the library, with the candlestick…. err…. dodgy maintenance, in the dry cleaner’s, with the carbon monoxide… 😉

And the Canberra Times article was slightly inaccurate. 7 patients were seen at TCH, not 6.

I was there yesterday shopping when it all started. It was a huge deal. First the Ambo’s turned up and started treating a woman who was unconscious and dragged her out of the shop. minutes later another Ambulance sedan turned up to help within minutes another person in the shop dropped and looked like they were having a seizure. the Ambo’s dragged them out too and I think a female Ambo got sick because of the gas. They started clearing all the people out and shut down the area before the Firies arrived.. full on. couldn’t believe people were ignoring them and trying to get through the area. as if they didn’t have enough to do

c_c™ said :

Canberra Times now reporting it was the dry cleaners in Bonner House, which was my first suspicion yesterday. Faulty boiler in their premises. Not at all surprised, walking past it before Christmas, the place looked like a hazard….

Monday’s expert – literally! 🙂

Canberra Times now reporting it was the dry cleaners in Bonner House, which was my first suspicion yesterday. Faulty boiler in their premises. Not at all surprised, walking past it before Christmas, the place looked like a hazard.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/workers-collapse-as-toxic-gas-leaks-from-dry-cleaners-20130113-2cnxb.html

I was heading north on Hindmarsh as the HAZMAT truck tried to get through the Yamba Drive intersection when the light just turned red. Two buzz boxes in the second and third lane blocked the truck who was in the third lane. One driven by a Baby Boomer male (in the third lane) could have moved into the front of the turning right lane (and therefore had a slightly longer journey than otherwise) and one driven by a GenY female, in the second lane, who could have turned across in front of the third lane and mounted the median strip (and worked out later how to get back into traffic). Neither did however, and held the truck up for over a minute. When the lights changed, both accelerated and made no move to get out of the HAZMAT truck’s way – despite my stream of abuse as they sailed by.

c_c™ said :

johnboy said :

Rtfm

faulty boiler may have released carbon monoxide

All boilers release it, I’ll wait for Workcover to do their thing before taking it as conclusive.

It could happen pretty easily if there was a partially obstructed air intake or somesuch thing.

johnboy said :

Rtfm

faulty boiler may have released carbon monoxide

All boilers release it, I’ll wait for Workcover to do their thing before taking it as conclusive.

johnboy said :

Confirmed now as Carbon Monoxide poisoning!

Interesting – gas cooktops and car exhaust are possible sources, but a wood fire puts out far higher concentrations than either of those. Do they still use a wood-fire at the restaurant in Bonner House that used to be APK?