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Guests at Shore Club evacuated because of carbon monoxide leak
Read full article: Guests at Shore Club evacuated because of carbon monoxide leakMIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Some guests at the Shore Club South Beach were evacuated Thursday morning because of a carbon monoxide leak. Miami Beach Fire Rescue Chief Jorge Linares said nine people were taken to area hospitals to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. Firefighters are called to a carbon monoxide leak at the Shore Club. According to a representative from the hospital, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used to treat decompression illness, wounds, arterial gas embolism and carbon monoxide poisoning. Authorities said it appears the leak occurred in an industrial-like area of the hotel that houses pool pumps and other equipment.