Two people taken to hospital after Newhaven carbon monoxide alert

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Two people have been taken to hospital and 17 others checked as a precaution following a carbon monoxide alert.

East Sussex firefighters were sent to the Euro Business Park in New Road, Newhaven, at about 10:00 GMT after a "carbon monoxide alarm was triggered".

It followed reports that several people were feeling dizzy and having breathing problems at a unit on the site.

Crews using breathing apparatus removed carbon monoxide from the site with a positive pressure ventilation fan.

A spokesman for South East Coast Ambulance Service said one person was taken to hospital suffering from breathing difficulties and dizzy spells.

A second person taken to hospital had suffered a head injury unrelated to the gas alert.

Another 17 people reporting dizzy spells and breathing problems were checked by paramedics at the scene and discharged.

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Other emergency services and agencies at the scene included South East Coast Ambulance Service, Sussex Police and gas distribution company SGN.

SGN spokesman Bradley Barlow said: "We carried out safety checks and found no gas escapes from our network.

"We have made the situation safe and our engineers will remain on site to support the emergency services."