building. they were called here for one issue and discovered a much bigger problem. those who live, and this building, a riverside, grabbed what they could. one woman wrapped herself in a blanket, another huddled on the grass with her three cats. the alarm went off, so i open up the door and i could smell something. so i grab my dog. reporter:watertown firefighters cleared out the 16 units. carbon monoxide had filled the entire building. six people, three adults and three children had dangerously high levels of carbon anything above three is elevated. reporter: alex ran out and left his dinner on the stove. they told me they might want to wait a bit the levels in my apartment were particularly high. we are going to wait a couple of hours before we go back in there. luckily it s a beatable day. reporter:they open up the windows and doors and brought them big fans to clear the air. firefighters say when they issue. i think somebody called us. he smelled something fun
they seemed like it was on one side. you put them on their feet, and they just fell. almost like one side was, like, paralyzed. reporter: there was no sign of people feeding birds and no sign of poisoning. so inspectional services is checking to see if anyone used a control agent called avatrol. there are three types of birds you can do control measures on. you can use a chemical called avatrol. it has to be mixed in a very safe way, not it s made to disperse. it is a shocking agent. reporter: no other species of birds were affected, only the grackles which are only ash here in the summer. so the animal rescue league of boston and inspectional services are trying to figure it all out. we re not sure what s going on if there is an environmental toxin or some disease that s being spread around the birds. reporter: you heard inspectional services mention avatrol. to use it, you have to have a permit. to figure out if anyone in the area has a permit for that. reporting
you won t be able to eat. i help it helps lose a little bit, so that could be good. well, boston back today. we need to be careful because it s going to be tough to see them. a lot of fog. dense fog advisory through 9:00 a.m. up and down the coastline, including the city of boston. visibility is reduced. across worcester, mile and a half visibility. in boston, quarter-mile, half a mile so the fog is out there and it may slow you down. patches of mist and drizzle not showing up too well on the radar. we re finding more showers coming in bands through parts of the south coast this morning and the cape. these are actually still associated with what s left of hermine spinning to our south. this is going to cut out this morning as the front inches closer to us this afternoon. ahead of that it is going to warm up. it s muggy this morning. you can see the clouds thank you late morning. but in the afternoon the skies start to brighten up a little bit, so we ll see sunshine by l
we came home after work we were still cooking up some dinner which is still in 31 cooked. but there was a carbon monoxide leak and so we didn t know that at that time. i just saw the fire truck when i came out and smelled it in the hall. reporter: in addition to testing the air quality inside, firefighters also tested the tenants who were in the building at the time. six people found to have high levels in their blood. the three adults and three children all taken to the hospital and they are being treated now. residents were just able to return back into the building about 20 minutes ago. the fire department says the building is safe and they gave the all clear. that s the latest reporting live in watertown, i m ted daniel, fox 25 news. breaking right now in dorchester, reports of multiple people shot. this is the scene on ripley road within the last hour. the road there has been shut down at harbor avenue as investigators try to sort through all the evidence. we re wo
were more than 30 times that amount. so very, very high. all the residents have been allowed to return into the building they aired it out the all clear has been given and there is someone from a furnace company repairing the furnace right now. that s the latest reporting live in watertown, i m ted daniel, fox 25 news. also breaking tonight a source tells fox 25 one person has died after being shot in dorchester. this is video from the scene on ripl hours ago. the road shut down while investigators sort through evidence. we re working now to find out if any arrests have been made. more details as we get them. developing at 11:00 the man police say crashed into the sweet tomatoes restaurant in west newton killing two people and injuring seven more has been indicted. people were sitting down eating dinner when a car smashed through the restaurant causing a devastating situation. it took several months for charges to be handed down onto the driver and the fox 25 is bringing