Four people rushed to hospital with possible carbon-monoxide poisoning

DETROIT (WXYZ) - Four people including a teenage boy were rushed to the hospital from their home with what is believed to be carbon-monoxide poisoning.

A man who lives at the home on East Grand Boulevard on Detroit's east side says he came back from the store to find two people including the 13 year old unconscious and two other residents very dizzy.

Clarence Jenkins says he had started the furnace for the first time this season before going to the store and when he left, everyone seemed ok.

Jenkins says he called 911 and tried to open the windows, a neighbor brought over some fans. The neighbor, Delores Jones says it's just a good thing Clarence came home when he did because if not she says "everyone could have been dead".

DTE workers spend the rest of the day checking carbon monoxide levels in the house.  Fire officials say there were no carbon monoxide detectors in the home and this is a clear example of why everyone needs to have them.

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