Brunswick medical building evacuated due to propane odor
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BRUNSWICK Martin’s Point Health Care Center at 74 Baribeau Dr. was evacuated late Tuesday morning because people smelled propane inside the building.
Brunswick Deputy Fire Chief Don Koslosky said everyone was out of the building when firefighters arrived around 11:15 a.m. Firefighters didn’t smell gas as they checked the building with meters that detect carbon monoxide and natural gas. They didn’t detect any gasses in the building.
Koslosky said a technician with Maine Natural Gas checked the roof and did detect carbon monoxide in the rooftop ventilation system. He said sometimes the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems have a pinhole leak and pull propane or natural gas from outside into the building.