SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A woman says her family no longer feels safe in their public housing unit in Saint John, N.B., after a carbon monoxide leak sent her daughter, sister and their caretaker to hospital in critical condition. Jessica Sypher says the two girls and a family friend they call “papa” have been released from hospital after being airlifted to the Halifax facility to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. A platoon chief for the Saint John fire department has said about 30 people were evacuated from the complex and two other residents were sent to a local hospital for evaluation and later released. The leak is under investigation, and a New Brunswick government spokesperson says displaced residents have returned to the building and the boiler has been replaced.

Source: National Post January 01, 2018 22:41 UTC