Overview

• Ocean City Fire Department crews responded to a carbon monoxide alarm at the Ashore Resort & Beach Club on Coastal Highway just after 11 a.m. Friday, evaluating 17 people on site.
• Four guests were transported to a nearby hospital after testing positive for elevated carbon monoxide levels, though no fatalities have been reported.
• Investigators from the Fire Marshal’s Office, the city’s building inspection office and a local gas company traced the leak to a ventilation defect in the hotel’s boiler system.
• The faulty boiler was shut down and repaired, and after safety inspections concluded at around 1:30 p.m., officials declared the 250-room beachfront resort safe to occupy.
• Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas that can cause serious illness or death, highlighting the urgency of the swift multiagency response.