A day care in Kittery, Maine, will close permanently after several people were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning last week.

On the afternoon of Feb. 12, there were 27 children and approximately 10 staff members who were exposed to carbon monoxide in the day care.

Twenty-seven children and approximately 10 employees were evacuated from the Building Blocks daycare center in Kittery due to CO scare.

A Kittery child care center where nearly a dozen people were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning last week did not have a working carbon monoxide detector.

The fire marshal’s office said it operated the building’s heating system in coordination with Maine Fuel Board inspectors and found no concerns related to the emission of carbon monoxide.

A report from the state fire marshal's office sent to parents shows Building Blocks Learning Center had several violations, including a lack of carbon monoxide detectors and fire extinguishers.

Several people were brought to the hospital for injuries not considered life-threatening after a carbon monoxide incident at Building Blocks Learning Center.

Seven children were rushed to the hospital after a carbon monoxide emergency inside a Kittery, Maine day care.

A propane-powered saw is identified as carbon monoxide source in Kittery daycare incident. Eleven were sent to hospital.

"If a State Fire Marshall cannot tell the difference between these detectors, how can I be expected to? And shouldn’t they have been tested?" the daycare owner said to families. The post Maine daycare didn’t have carbon monoxide detectors before poisoning sent 11 to hospital appeared first on Boston.