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Nearly two dozen sickened by gas leak at The Iridium jazz club in Midtown – NY Daily News






Nearly two dozen sickened by gas leak at The Iridium jazz club in Midtown – NY Daily News



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Nearly two dozen sickened by gas leak at The Iridium jazz club in Midtown
By Kerry Burke  and JOHN ANNESE
Nearly two dozen sickened by gas leak at The Iridium jazz club in Midtown
Firefighters speak with club management outside The Iridium, a basement Jazz club on Broadway at W. 51st St., after a carbon dioxide leak sickened several patrons Thursday night. (Sam Costanza / for New York Daily News)
A carbon dioxide leak at a Midtown jazz club sickened 23 people late Thursday night, officials said.
The gas started blasting out of a leaky soda fountain tank at The Iridium, a basement jazz club on Broadway at W. 51st St., just before 10:15 p.m., police sources said.
At least 19 of those sickened were treated at the scene with oxygen, sources said.People were complaining of dizziness and headaches, sources said. So far, none have needed to go to a hospital.
Medics treat several patrons of The Iridium jazz club on Broadway at W 51st St. after a carbon dioxide leak Thursday night.
Medics treat several patrons of The Iridium jazz club on Broadway at W 51st St. after a carbon dioxide leak Thursday night. (Sam Costanza / for New York Daily News)
Police blocked off the southbound side of Broadway between W. 50th and W. 52nd Sts., as firefighters vented the club.
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The Iridium was hosting a show by British music legend Denny Laine and Beatles audio engineer Geoff Emerick called “From Liverpool to London Town.”
Emerick’s manager, who didn’t give her name, said he was on stage giving a talk at the time of the leak.
“The fire department came in and said “Everybody out!” she said. She was treated with oxygen in an ambulance outside the club.
“People were just enjoying the show, but I got a really bad headache,” she said.
More than 90 people showed up to see the duo, Bo Diaz, 28, who buses tables at the club.
“Initially I didn’t feel it, but when I got outside, I was dizzy and I got a headache,” Diaz said.
The club’s manager, who also didn't give his name, said no alarms went off before the FDNY showed up.
“There was a leak in the CO2 container — the tanks that give bubble to the soda,” he said. “There was an issue with the ventilation system. We had a problem getting clean air in and dirty air out.”
 
 

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