Evacuated Winnipeg hotel had no carbon monoxide detectors: report

WINNIPEG — A new report says a Winnipeg hotel that was evacuated due to a carbon monoxide leak had no carbon monoxide detectors.

The leak occurred at a Super 8 last July and sent 46 people to hospital, although there were no serious injuries.

A preliminary report from Manitoba’s Office of the Fire Commissioner says carbon monoxide from a hot water boiler was being pulled back into the hotel’s air exchange system instead of being vented.

Municipal Affairs Minister Rochelle Squires says the business had been checked a year earlier by a city inspector and was found to be in compliance with all regulations.