CO scare sends 5 kids to the hospital

CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) - Five students from Saint Mary School in Cranston were rushed to the hospital Wednesday morning after they reported feeling dizzy and nauseous during a prayer service.

According to officials, the children are all okay and now resting at home. The children that were taken to Hasbro Children's Hospital were experiencing various symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. They were all around the age of ten.

A total of 13 students were evaluated throughout the morning after more came forward to share that they were feeling ill.

• Read: Letter to parents regarding the incident

The students had been taking part in a rosary ceremony in the basement of the church on Cranston Street when some of them started getting dizzy. One boy fainted.

Crews ended up cutting power and gas to the building to search for the source of what they believed was a carbon monoxide leak.

The school did a robo-call -- using a computerized system to make phone calls and play a recorded message -- to notify parents at large. Parents of the individual students who were taken ill were called personally by an official.

The school remained open, and emergency responders stayed to make sure no other students developed symptoms.

Meanwhile, the church has reopened. Until the cause of the matter is identified, students will not be allowed to enter the lower level church nor will any school related activities take place in that area.