Crime & Safety
Carbon Monoxide Prompts Evacuation of University Dorm
Five Drew University students checked at hospital after 2 a.m. alarm.
A Drew University dorm was evacuated at about 2 a.m. Wednesday after a carbon monoxide alarm went off in the building.
Five students who reported feeling ill during the evacuation were taken to Morristown Medical Center as a precaution, a school official said. They were treated and released.
PSE&G traced the source of the problem to a first-floor hot water heater in the dorm, Foster Hall, Drew spokesman David Muha said in an email.
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The water heater was turned off, the building was vented and students returned to their rooms at about 3:45 a.m. after readings taken by PSE&G and the Madison Fire Department showed the air was safe, Muha said.
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