Kansas
Scare at underground storage caves sends 4 to hospital, prompts evacuation
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Emergency crews treated nearly two dozen people after a carbon monoxide scare Friday morning. Four of those people were taken to hospitals.
The Kansas City Fire Department responded to a call about an unconscious person at a business located near NE Underground Drive near Missouri 210 Highway. The call came in around 8:30 a.m.
Emergency crews evacuated the business. They also began monitoring the air quality inside the area.
Crews later determined the issue was caused by high levels of carbon monoxide. Firefighters monitored the air quality for several hours after the call.
They cleared the scene shortly before 11 a.m. and people were allowed to go back to work inside the cave.
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