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6 children, 2 adults taken to hospital after carbon monoxide leak in Capitol Heights

Six children and two adults are in the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak in a Capitol Heights, Maryland, home.

The Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department received a call from a home in the 4900 block of Fable Street at 2:19 a.m.

When firefighters got on the scene, they found a generator running.

None of the injuries is considered life-threatening. Another adult was in the home but declined to go to the hospital.

In a second carbon monoxide event, an elderly Montgomery Countywoman was taken to the hospital in serious condition after 5 a.m.

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