Ten hospitalized by fumes in Cranston after 40 exposed to hydrogen sulfide

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CRANSTON, R.I. - Ten people were hospitalized after 40 people were exposed to hydrogen sulfide at the Eleanor Slater Hospital Complex in Cranston, according to the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Health Care, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals.

Firefighters were called to the complex at about 8 a.m. after staff in the patient care unit at the Regan Building complained of a foul odor.

The gas was released when foam insulation was disturbed as crews replaced roof tiles on the building. The renovations were stopped and the building was ventilated.

One patient in the building was affected, but is doing fine.
 
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