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Woman, dog treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after car left running in Tampa condo garage

 
Tampa police and fire crews responded to Cordoba & Beach Park Condos, 114 Beach Haven Lane, after a resident called 911 when her carbon monoxide detector went off, officials said.
Tampa police and fire crews responded to Cordoba & Beach Park Condos, 114 Beach Haven Lane, after a resident called 911 when her carbon monoxide detector went off, officials said.
Published Dec. 8, 2016

TAMPA-- A woman and her dog were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning early Thursday after police say a car was left running in the enclosed garage of a condo complex in Tampa.

Tampa police and fire crews responded to Cordoba & Beach Park Condos, 114 Beach Haven Lane, around 4 a.m. after a resident called Tampa Fire Rescue dispatch using the non-emergency number when her two carbon monoxide detectors went off, officials said.

"It could totally be just a false alarm but both of them are going off, which was weird," the resident said in a recording of the call.

Firefighters detected high levels of carbon monoxide in one building and went door-to-door to clear residents, police said. Six units were evacuated.

The crews did not receive responses from two of the units, police said. Once they forcibly entered, they found one was vacant, but discovered an unidentified 32-year-old woman and small dog unresponsive in the other.

Firefighters performed life-saving measures and administered oxygen, police said.

The woman was transported to Tampa General Hospital for treatment and a neighbor is caring for the dog, police said. Both are expected to survive.

Florida Statutes state that every building for which a building permit for new construction was issued on or after July 1, 2008 must have a carbon monoxide alarm installed within 10 feet of each bedroom if it contains a fossil fuel-burning appliance, a fireplace or an attached garage.

The Cordoba & Beach Park condos were built in 2004.