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Campsite community jumps to action to rescue couple from propane explosion
Marcellus, MI - A propane explosion at Melville Seven Lakes Campground in Marcellus, Michigan sent a wife to Bronson Hospital via Air Care and a husband by ambulance on Sunday afternoon.Judy Willard, a member and groundsmanager with the campground, said she was...
Propane leak may have caused house explosion in Morton County
Morton County, SD - A man escaped serious injury Sunday morning following an explosion at his home near Solen.A man had just walked out of the residence when it exploded, resulting in an injury to his arm. A Morton County Sheriff's deputy responded to the scene after...
1 dead in Newton, carbon monoxide gas suspected
Newton, IA - A gas leak is to blame in a death in Newton.The Daily News reports it happened at the Meadowbrook Apartments Monday afternoon on East 12th Street North.There was a high level of carbon monoxide gas throughout the building.One man was found dead.Officials...
Couple found dead on a boat on Georgia lake
Cumming, GA - Authorities say a couple found dead on a boat on Lake Lanier in north Georgia appear to have suffered carbon monoxide poisoning.Jenny Belafi with the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Tuesday that the bodies of 40-year-old Julie...
Carbon monoxide leak at Chambersburg pool sends at least 12 to hospital
Chambersburg, PA - At least a dozen people went to the hospital after being exposed to carbon monoxide at the new Chambersburg Aquatic Center over the weekend.The borough manager, Jeffrey Stonehill, said the CO leak came from the deep fryer and ventilation hood in the...
Elderly Couple Found Dead in Their Westchester Home
Westchester, NY - An elderly couple was found dead in their Westchester home and authorities believe they succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning.Cornelius and Joan Dennis, ages 86 and 85 respectively, likely died on Wednesday, New York State Police said.Their bodies...
Carbon Monoxide Kills Cortlandt Couple
Cortlandt, NY - A Cortlandt couple died at their home on Skytop Drive, apparently of carbon monoxide poisoning.The bodies of Cornelius Dennis, 86, and Joan Dennis, 85, were discovered on May 26, after a neighbor noticed three days of newspapers outside the...
Boaters celebrate unofficial kickoff to boating season this Memorial Day as authorities enforce new law
Minneapolis, MN - As thousands of people crowd Minnesota lakes and rivers for the unofficial opening of the boating season this weekend, water patrols are out in full force to remind them of a new law sparked by a young girl's death three years ago.The state is the...
Ticonderoga restaurant and country club leveled by fire
Ticonderoga, VT - Emerald's Restaurant and the Ticonderoga Country Club were destroyed by a fast-moving fire late Saturday night.Just after 10 p.m., Ticonderoga firefighters were called to a kitchen fire at the restaurant located at the Country Club and found it had...
Carbon monoxide leak sends 10 to the hospital in Northwest Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Fire Rescue responded to a possible carbon-monoxide leak that sent ten people to the hospital in Northwest Jacksonville Friday night.According to Chief Matt Cipriani, approximately 50-60 people were attending a party in a strip mall at...