Carbon monoxide leak kills 1, injures others at SF building

A faulty water heater is suspected of causing a carbon monoxide leak that killed one resident of a Bernal Heights house early Thursday morning, and injured others, officials said.

At 4:26 a.m., the San Francisco Fire Department responded to a call at 301 Moultrie Street, near Eugenia Avenue, after a carbon monoxide detector went off in an upper unit of the building.

“There were four residents in an upper unit exhibiting symptoms of being exposed to carbon monoxide,” said Lt. Jonathan Baxter, a spokesman for the San Francisco Fire Department. The residents received medical treatment at the scene, and one was transported to a hospital in stable condition.