NEW YORK—A 9-month-old baby boy was taken to hospital just before noon on Oct. 6 after inhaling some chemicals from a fire suppression system.
A staff member at Enterprise Rent-A-Car—housed in building 69, Federal Circle at JFK Airport—accidentally set off the system, injuring three adults, and the baby boy, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said.
The spokesman said, there was never a fire condition.
FDNY Emergency Medical Services responded to the call at 11:43 a.m. “for unwarranted activation of the fire suppression system.”
Only the infant was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center to receive treatment for inhalation of the chemical, the FDNY spokesman said. He did not know what chemical the baby had inhaled.
