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Carbon monoxide alert evacuates Barrington daycare
Barrington, RI - In the middle of a significant snowstorm Friday, a Barrington daycare center rushed its kids out of the building due to a minor carbon monoxide condition.Alarms went off at the Early Learning Center on Sowams Road Friday morning sometime before 10:30....
Cumbola woman dies of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning
Cumbola, PA - A woman died recently from what Deputy Coroner Joseph Pothering said could be carbon monoxide poisoning in this Blythe Township village.Eleanor S. Murphy, 91, was found dead in her home Thursday by a relative who was notified by a neighbor after someone...
Police: No carbon monoxide detectors in Cass County home after leak kills Indiana man, sends five to the hospital
Cass County, IN - An Indiana man is dead and a family of five in the hospital, after first responders found a carbon monoxide leak in their Cass County home early this morning.Police say they got the call around 5:30 a.m. Friday in the 66000 block of Indigan Drive in...
Family of 8 taken to hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning
Newell, IA - A northwest Iowa family of eight was taken to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning.Newell Fire Chief Bruce Erie says the family woke up around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday and didn't feel well, so they called 911. When emergency crews arrived at the home...
3 suffer carbon monoxide poisoning
Yonkers, NY - Two women and a child are recovering this morning after possible carbon monoxide poisoning at a Yonkers business.First responders say they arrived around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday to find a woman had passed out inside the Green Laundromat on South Broadway. They...
Carbon Monoxide poisoning kills nearly 200 people per year
Sioux City, IA - A Newell family of eight was sent to the hospital from Carbon Monoxide poisoning early Wednesday morning.The family's condition is currently unknown.The fatal gas can be linked to bad weather conditions, especially in times when Siouxland receives...
Carbon monoxide poisoning suspected in Renton deaths
Renton, WA - Renton firefighters and police officers believe two men died of carbon monoxide poisoning after they were discovered dead inside a home Monday.Renton police say relatives visited the home about 3 p.m. in the 500 block of Seneca Avenue Northwest to find...
Explosion in Home Sends Firefighters into Stanton County; Blizzard Makes it Challenging
Norfolk, NE - It was exactly the call Norfolk Fire and Rescue didn't want over the noon hour today. House explosion, family has evacuated. Home is located just inside Stanton County on 835th Road.Roads are drifted over with up to a foot or more of snow as first...
Family evacuated from home after dangerous carbon monoxide leak
Detroit, MI - Twelve people were evacuated from their home after officials found dangerous carbon monoxide levels inside.Fire crews arrived at the home on Hazelridge Street early Tuesday morning after someone inside the home called to report they were feeling...
2 hospitalized after CO found in Queen Village home in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA - Two people were hospitalized after being exposed to potentially deadly carbon monoxide fumes in their Philadelphia home.First responders were called to the 100 block of Fitzwater Street in the city's Queen Village section before 4 a.m. Monday.PGW...
ONG Report: Home explosion caused by leak in gas main
Oklahoma City, OK - Oklahoma Natural Gas has released a report stating the cause for the home explosion that occurred early last month in northwest Oklahoma City.According to reports, there was a crack in one of the four-inch polyethylene gas mains which was causing...
Faulty boiler blamed for carbon monoxide incident in Hempstead
Hempstead, NY - HEMPSTEAD - Nine people had to be hospitalized Monday after a carbon monoxide incident in Hempstead.It happened around 5 a.m. at an apartment complex on Jackson Street.Firefighters say the carbon monoxide came from a faulty boiler.Residents were...
Carbon monoxide sends 11 people in Doral to hospital
Doral, FL - Nearly a dozen people were hospitalized Sunday after a carbon monoxide leak at a meal delivery company in Doral.Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews were called to Shape Lovers near Northwest 54th Street and Northwest 79th Avenue after workers reported feeling...
Manchester stores evacuated when elevated carbon monoxide levels detected
Manchester, NH - Fire crews responded to two stores along South Willow Street Sunday afternoon to investigate an odor of gas.Manchester fire officials reported employees at both Modell's Sporting Goods and Pier 1 Imports called around 1:30 p.m. Sunday to report an...
Carbon monoxide overcomes children at pool party
Pontoon Beach, IL- PONTOON BEACH, IL (KTVI) - It was quite a scare at a children's birthday party being held in Pontoon Beach Saturday.Dray Wimberly was holding her 4-year-old daughter's party at the Super 8 Motel on Timberlake Drive.She had a reservation at a local...