Three people were taken by ambulance from a Great Neck restaurant and bakery to hospitals to be treated for carbon monoxide exposure and nine others were treated at the scene, a fire department chief said.
After treatment, none of those exposed were believed to be in life-threatening condition, police said.
A 20-year-old workman at Bruce's Restaurant and Bakery, 34 Middle Neck Rd., was first reported to be having seizures, according to the chief of the Great Neck Vigilant Fire company. The first fire department responders recorded unusually high levels of carbon monoxide gas in the building.
The bakery and restaurant were evacuated and the semiconscious 20-year-old was taken by ambulance to be treated at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow. Two others in the building were transported by ambulance to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. Others were treated at the scene using oxygen therapy.
This was the second large carbon monoxide incident in the area this month.
Thirty-nine midshipmen at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Park were treated at hospitals for carbon monoxide exposure in January. The cause of the exposure was traced to a faulty hot water system that serviced the barracks.
Bruce's restaurant and bakery was closed after the incident and a plumber was on site to try to determine the source of the gas. Management of the restaurant and bakery could not be reached to comment.
