4 Workers At LAX Sickened By Carbon Dioxide Fumes From Fire Suppression System

4 Workers At LAX Sickened By Carbon Dioxide Fumes From Fire Suppression System
A fire truck in Los Angeles, on April 12, 2020. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images
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LOS ANGELES—Four workers at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) were sickened Oct. 31—one critically—by carbon dioxide that was released from a fire-suppression system in an electrical utility room about 200 feet from Terminal 8, prompting an evacuation of the terminal and impacting some inbound flights.

Firefighters responded to the area about 7 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD).

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