Five adults were transported and another seven were treated at the scene for carbon monoxide symptoms, Syracuse fire officials said.

The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department arrived on the scene at Residence Inn Atlanta Downtown at around 8:30 a.m. local time, where they detected “high levels of carbon monoxide inside” the high-rise hotel.

A downtown Atlanta hotel was evacuated Friday after a suspected carbon monoxide leak that sent five people to hospitals to be evaluated, authorities said. Three adults and two children were taken to hospitals to be monitored for carbon monoxide exposure,

An apparent carbon monoxide (CO) leak led to the evacuation of Residence Inn by Marriott in downtown Atlanta Friday morning, sending five people, including two children, to the hospital for observation.

It was a frightening morning for guests at a downtown hotel. Parents at the Residence Inn Downtown Atlanta hotel couldn’t wake up their children and had no idea why. It turns out they all had been exposed to carbon monoxide and the entire hotel had to be evacuated.