Elevated carbon dioxide levels send San Jose middle school students to hospital

The San Jose Fire Department said they were called to Sunrise Middle School on Wednesday morning after they received "reports of multiple patients with difficulty breathing."After an investigation, the fire department said one of the classrooms contained elevated levels of carbon dioxide.The source of the CO2 was removed, the fire department said. But they did not explain what that source was. Battalion Chief Robert Culbertson said that crews got a 911 call at 9 a.m.

Two children were transported to the hospital, officials said, and another six students were picked up by their parents.A total of 25 firefighters responded and hazmat crews came in to take air samples from the rear of a particular classroom, Culberton said. Despite the scare, school stayed open and the carbon dioxide levels were restored to normal, firefightesr said. Carbon dioxide appears as a colorless, odorless gas at atmospheric temperatures and pressures.

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