Four independent contractors, three men and one woman, were in the utility room when they heard a 'popping sound,' which fire officials determined to be the release of carbon dioxide in the room.
Four people were injured, including one that was hospitalized in critical condition, after a carbon dioxide leak at Los Angeles International Airport Monday caused a partial evacuation.
The incident began around 7 a.m. after airport officials reported"an apparent gas leak" near the Terminal 8 baggage area,Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Capt. Erik Scott said in a news conference the leak happened in a utility room about 200 feet away from the baggage area. Four independent contractors, three men and one woman, were in the utility room when they heard a"popping sound," which fire officials determined to be the release of carbon dioxide in the room.
Scott said it was a"full deluge" of carbon dioxide that took place of the oxygen inside the room. Three of the workers got out, but one of them, identified as a 50-year-old man, was still in the room. and found the man in cardiac arrest without a pulse. Los Angeles International Airport police officers performed CPR on the 50-year-old man and additional medical assistance applied by paramedics.
"It's like moving an invisible air bubble around," Scott said."It's a challenge. It's colorless, it's odorless."
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4 workers injured, 1 hospitalized, after carbon dioxide leak at Los Angeles International AirportFour independent contractors, three men and one woman, were in the utility room when they heard a 'popping sound,' which fire officials determined to be the release of carbon dioxide in the room.
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