A carbon monoxide leak sent six people to hospital in the city's Weston neighbourhood on Monday evening, according to Toronto firefighters and paramedics.

Emergency personnel were called to 1942 Weston Road, near Lawrence Avenue W., for a medical call shortly after 5 p.m. on Monday. The leak was inside residential-over-commercial building.

When firefighters arrived, they found that the carbon monoxide reading was above the threshold considered dangerous.

Paramedics said they assessed seven people on the scene, six of whom have been taken to hospital. One of the six was a child. Four of the six suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries, while two suffered minor injuries.

Another five people left the building and were sheltering inside a TTC bus.

Firefighters cleared the carbon

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