Investigation Continues Into Carbon Monoxide Poisoning at Maine High School

A Maine high school was reopened on Tuesday and cleared for students return following an apparent carbon monoxide incident that happened on Monday.

According to an article from WMTW, three students from Maine's Yarmouth High School were hospitalized on Monday following symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning including two students who fainted.

The report goes on to explain that two of the three affected students tested positive for carbon monoxide while one student did not. Officials then swiftly closed the school down and sent staff and students home after several students reported not feeling well.

According to the US Centers For Disease Control,

Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless, colorless gas that kills without warning. It claims the lives of hundreds of people every year and makes thousands more ill. Many household items including gas- and oil-burning furnaces, portable generators, and charcoal grills produce this poison gas.

Following the schools sudden closing, fire officials responded to the school to perform air quality tests throughout. WMTW is reporting on Tuesday morning that no traces of carbon monoxide were found anywhere in the building.

However, it is now being speculated that a car that was idling outside of the school on Monday morning may be the culprit of the apparent poisoning. Fire fighters even went as far as to test the air inside some students' homes to see if they may have been poisoned there, however no homes turned up any traces of the deadly gas.

WMTW reports that Yarmouth High School opened normally on Tuesday morning as the school passed all air quality tests from fire officials.