Eleven people have been taken to hospital for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at M&S’ Charlton store this morning (16 December).
An additional 19 received treatment from emergency crews and were discharged from the scene outside the supermarket’s south-east London site.
An M&S spokesperson told Retail Gazette: “Our Charlton store is temporarily closed as we investigate an incident that happened earlier this morning, we hope to reopen as soon as possible.”
It is understood those treated were workers at the store and no shoppers were impacted.
The London Ambulance Service was called to the shop, located on Gallions Road, at approximately 9.30am.
Paramedics, incident response officers and hazardous area response team paramedics were also sent to the incident, alongside two engines from the London Fire Brigade.
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Strategic commander for the London Ambulance Service, James Johnson, said in a statement: “We were called at 9.32am today (16 December) to reports of a suspected carbon monoxide incident on Gallions Road, Charlton.
“We sent a number of resources to the scene including ambulance crews, incident response officers, paramedics in fast response cars, advanced paramedics and paramedics from our hazardous area response team (HART).
“We treated 30 people for chemical inhalation. We took 11 patients to hospital and discharged 19 patients at the scene.”
Six of the supermarket’s workers are receiving further tests in hospital, with none of the injuries believed to be life-threatening, according to Greenwich councillor David Gardner.
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