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About 22 Cooke Aquaculture employees needed medical care Friday after a carbon monoxide leak at the company’s Saint John office. Cooke says a pipe came loose from a furnace. Levels were back to zero by evening, everyone is home recovering, and the building reopens Monday.
Loose furnace pipe forced evacuation of company’s office in uptown Saint John on Friday
Polina Kozlova · CBC News
· Posted: Nov 01, 2026 4:14 PM EST | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago
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Cooke Aquaculture’s office building on Wellington Row in Saint John was evacuated Friday afternoon following a carbon monoxide leak. (Julia Wright / CBC)
A carbon monoxide leak forced the evacuation of Cooke Aquaculture’s office building in uptown Saint John on Friday afternoon, sending more than 20 employees to hospital.
Company spokesperson Joel Richardson said employees on the building’s third floor began feeling ill around mid-afternoon. The company evacuated the building and called 911.
Firefighters and Liberty Gas crews found a pipe had come loose from the furnace at the company’s building at the intersection of Carleton Street and Wellington Row, allowing carbon monoxide to leak inside.
“It appears that the pipe may have just vibrated loose from the furnace,” Richardson said.
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