Ogunquit resort won’t be sanctioned for poisoning
An Ogunquit time-share resort won’t be fined after 21 people were sickened over the weekend by carbon monoxide poisoning during their stays.
The Portland Press Herald reported InnSeason Resorts plans to install carbon monoxide detectors in all of its 77 rooms after the incident that sent seven people to the hospital. Ogunquit Fire Chief Mark O’Brien told the newspaper the owners of the four-building complex on Route 1 won’t be fined in the case because a state law requiring installation of carbon monoxide detectors took effect after the resort was built, more than 20 years ago. The newspaper reported a state panel that oversees heating installation companies has started investigating whether the resort’s propane furnace was properly installed in 2006.
Air tests at the resort showed levels of carbon monoxide at 300 parts per million, more than eight times the amount that triggers carbon monoxide detectors.
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