Inn Evacuated In Rosedale After High Gas Readings: Officials

ROSEDALE, MD — The Country Inn & Suites in Rosedale was evacuated Sunday afternoon amid high gas readings. Firefighters as well as BGE converged at the scene.

After 5 p.m., authorities said they were still ventilating the building in the 8800 block of Yellow Brick Road, where crews were dispatched about an hour-and-a-half earlier for an odor of gas.

Nobody was injured, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.

A water heater was the source of the issue, WMAR reported.

Firefighters have cleared the Country Inn in Rosedale after they say a newly installed water heater emitted dangerously high levels of CO this afternoon. No one was injured @WMAR2News pic.twitter.com/OiCAuAOx5E