Emsworth family taken to hospital after gas leak

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Two adults and two children were taken to hospital to be treated for carbon monoxide poising after a gas leak in their Emsworth home.

Emsworth firefighters were called to the property in North Bay, West Thorney shortly after 9pm last night (December 16) following reports of a gas leak from a boiler.

A spokesman for Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said the leak was isolated by an engineer before the crew ventilated the property.

The crew left the scene by 9.50pm and two adults and two children were taken to hospital for observations, added a spokesman.

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