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Workers overcome by fumes at Port Tampa marina

Reported by: Chad Cookler
Email: ccookler@abcactionnews.com
Last Update: 11/08 7:43 pm
Emergency workers rescue man after he was overcome by fumes (Tampa Fire Rescue)
Emergency workers rescue man after he was overcome by fumes (Tampa Fire Rescue)
TAMPA, FL -- Paramedics treated two men at a Port Tampa marina after they were overcame by fumes.

Just before 5 pm firefighters were called to Riverhawk Marine, in the 5200 block of Tyson Avenue, after the men, who were working on a drydocked tug boat, were overwhelmed by the fumes.

One of the men was able to get out on his own and was treated at the scene, and then taken to a local hospital. The other had to be rescued by emergency personnel and was also taken to the hospital.

His condition was not immediately known.
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