TWO people from Sydney’s Garden Island navy base have been taken to St Vincent’s Hospital suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning after an accident onboard HMAS Canberra this morning.

Emergency services crews were called to the base just after 9.30 this morning and treated a number of people before transporting two people who are reported to be in a stable condition.

The cause of the poisoning is being treated as an accident and now being investigated by the a number of government authorities.