CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Five people are being treated after a carbon monoxide leak on the MIT campus Wednesday.
MIT emergency management asked people to stay away from Building 18, where the leak was located. The building has been evacuated.
MIT Alert: Carbon Monoxide leak at Bldg. 18. Stay away from the area. Campus map: https://t.co/c1vDufPtaC. See https://t.co/zj66ifXgTX for m
— MIT Emergency Management (@MITPrepared) June 7, 2017
According to Google Maps, Building 18 is off of Eastman Court and houses the Department of Chemistry.
MIT Emergency Information said that the leak was from a bad valve on a carbon monoxide cylinder. MIT also reported traffic problems across Kendall Square because of emergency response due to the CO leak as well as an unrelated crash at the corner of Main and Ames Street.
Symptoms of CO poisoning include headache and sleepiness. CO is colorless and odorless gas that can kill people.
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