Carbon monoxide incident on Delta farm sends 40 people to hospital

Emergency crews responded to an incident in Delta Saturday afternoon where dozens of people were exposed to carbon monoxide because of an incident on a Delta farm.

According to BC Emergency Health Services, more than a dozen ambulances transported 40 people to hospital and 10 of them are in serious to critical condition.

The agency did not specify how the people were exposed to carbon monoxide, but said it was due to a "major incident" at a Delta farm.

 

Update: major incident in Delta was at a farm where there was exposure to carbon monoxide.

13 ambulances responded to a major incident in Delta. More than 40 patients have been transported to hospital - 32 in stable condition, 10 in serious to critical condition.

— EmergHealthServices (@BC_EHS) December 10, 2017

This is a developing story and more details will be available on CTV Vancouver's 11:30 p.m. newscast

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  Some of the patients were transported to Surrey Memorial after they were exposed to carbon monoxide following an incident at a Delta farm.