The theater in the city of Dongyang, eastern China, had been open for just six days before Wednesday’s incident.
Excessive levels of carbon monoxide in a movie theater led to 63 people being sent to hospital on Wednesday, Chinese government officials have said. Audience members at the Weishan Xintiandi shopping mall in the city of Dongyang were 10 minutes into their film when several began feeling dizzy and vomiting, according to local media reports. The $150 million complex in Zhejiang province, eastern China, opened last month, reports said. Its theater had been serving customers for just six days before local authorities ordered it to close in the wake of the incident. Social media footage carried by local media outlets showed frantic patrons helping their loved ones out of the auditorium. Others were seen lying on the tiled floor of the mall. Tests performed on the 63 patients showed excessive levels of carbon monoxide in their blood, Dongyang People’s Government said on Thursday.
