Crime & Safety

EMT on Coffee Run Helps Avert Potential Disaster at Dunkin' Donuts

Nassau County EMT evacuates Carle Place Dunkin' Donuts after his personal carbon monoxide detector goes off, police say.

A Nassau County EMT walked into a Carle Place Dunkin' Donuts early Friday and walked out a hero. 

Police say the EMT was at the store, located at 202 Glen Cove Road, to grab a cup of coffee shortly before 4 a.m. when the personal carbon monoxide detector he was carrying alerted him to a high level of the toxic gas in the building. 

The EMT, whose name was not disclosed by police, escorted the Dunkin' Donuts employees out of the building. 

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The Carle Place Fire Department responded to the scene and confirmed a high level–35 parts per million–of carbon monoxide, which is odorless and colorless, inside the store. 

No injuries were reported and an investigation determined the carbon monoxide scare was caused by a vent failure in one of the store's ovens, police said. 

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In February, a restaurant manager died and more than two dozen others were hospitalized following a carbon monoxide poisoning incident in Huntington Station.


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