Atlanta hotel evacuated after carbon monoxide leak; 5 people hospitalized

ATLANTA– A hotel in downtown Atlanta was evacuated Friday after a suspected carbon monoxide leak that sent five people to hospitals for evaluation, authorities said.

Firefighters arrived at the Residence Inn by Marriott on Peachtree Street shortly after 9 a.m

Three adults and two children were taken to hospitals to be monitored for carbon monoxide exposure, Atlanta Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Greg Gray said. The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

A gas pipeline has been shut off and “the situation is stable,” the fire brigade said in an update on social media.

The hotel is located in the historic Rhodes-Haverty Building. At 21 stories, it was Atlanta’s tallest building when it was built in 1929.