Apparent carbon monoxide leak at Paynesville Area Middle School prompts emergency help

At around 10:20 a.m. on Tuesday morning, December 18, mutual aid was called out for ambulance response from Melrose and Sauk Centre First Responders to the Paynesville Area Middle School.

Apparently, students are being taken out of the building with symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. The suspected reason is that CO leaked down inside the building from roof vents and cold air intakes.

Last night at a choir concert at the Paynesville school, some people passed out and fainted. It is undetermined why this happened again this morning.

*Update at 11:07 a.m.: all students have been released from school in Paynesville. A large number of ambulances have responded to the emergency calls.

More information will be posted as this comes in.

(Can schools catch a break? This is crazy.)

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