Official: Dix Hills woman to hospital with elevated CO levels

Firefighters responding to an oil burner emergency found high levels of carbon monoxide at a Dix Hills home Tuesday, transporting a woman to Huntington Hospital for treatment, a Dix Hills Fire Department spokesman said.

The identity of the woman transported was not released.

Fire officials said the Dix Hills Fire Department responded to the 8:30 a.m. call with three engines. Ambulances from the Huntington Community First Aid Squad and the Greenlawn Fire Department also responded to the scene on Arbor Lane.

The condition of the patient, who had “elevated carbon monoxide levels,” was not known, the spokesman said.

The cause of the incident is under investigation.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”