ByCATHERINE DONNELLY
Special to the PRESS
In the early morning hours of November 4, Laguna Vista’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS), along with the Laguna Vista Police and Fire Departments, responded to a 911 call related to a serious carbon monoxide incident on the 100 block of Golf House Road, according to an incident report obtained by the PRESS through an Open Records request.
Port Isabel EMS Dispatch related that there were three females in the home, ages 57, 53, and 21, complaining of vomiting and nausea, and one had fallen and hit her head.
According to the Laguna Vista Police Department (LVPD) incident report, initial investigator Gregorio Cruz was dispatched to the scene at approximately 7:14 a.m. Upon arrival, the 53-year-old female was staggering outside of the residence, and Laguna Vista EMS began attending to her. She stated to police that she had more family in the home and their dog had died. The investigator then entered the residence.
According to the report, Cruz entered a bedroom at the northwest corner of the residence and found one female sleeping. He shook the female awake, and she stated that she felt dizzy and nauseous.
Cruz then assisted her in exiting the home. Laguna Vista First Responders assisted the third female to the exit, and the residence was cleared, the report related. All three victims tested negative for COVID-19, so that was ruled out as a cause of their symptoms.
Cruz was told that there were two dogs in the house. One had vomited and died, and the second dog was placed on the rear patio by the responding agencies while they did their investigations of the home.
Laguna Vista Volunteer Fire Department (LVVFD) Fire Chief Gregory Waters arrived with a CO2 meter and started to make carbon monoxide readings within the home. He found that the living room had a reading above 100, and the primary bedroom exceeded 240 parts per million (PPM). Homes should normally register zero PPM.
Responding agencies cooperatively opened all the doors and windows so the home could vent. After several minutes, Waters rechecked the house and determined that the highest concentration of CO2 was coming from the area of the central air vent.
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