<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fourteen people have been taken to hospital after a carbon monoxide leak at a pork processing plant in Melbourne's west.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Firefighters arrived to find 60 people evacuated and several people suffering carbon monoxide exposure at a factory on Benn Court in Derrimut about 12.45pm today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Crews applied oxygen therapy until paramedics reached the scene.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-machete-ban-jacinta-allan-new-penalties-explained/73bd7cf2-c0da-430f-93ea-a2be31a5a765" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Victoria's $13 million machete amnesty has ended. Here are the new penalties</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They rushed 14 people, all believed to be in a stable condition, to the Western Health Sunshine, Western Health Footscray, The Royal Melbourne and Werribee Mercy hospitals.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The advanced life support and intensive care ambulances assessed others at the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Firefighters in breathing apparatus with gas detectors entered the factory and recorded "dangerously high" carbon monoxide readings.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-derrimut-benn-court-pork-processing-factory-carbon-monoxide-leak/0f0e82d0-7bfc-4a1b-9f4d-4df5e7536b9c" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The building was ventilated until the atmosphere dropped to safe levels and the incident was brought under control less than an hour later.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The carbon monoxide leak was found to have come from meat preservation machinery.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Carbon monoxide, a poisonous, colourless and odourless gas, can be fatal if inhaled in close spaces.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>WorkSafe inspectors are at the scene and assessing the situation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em><span> </span></div></div>