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Baby dies of carbon monoxide poisoning

Kankakee, IL- Carbon monoxide poisoning is believed to have killed a 1-year-old child in Kankakee on Saturday and hospitalized his mother.Kankakee police were called to the 100 block of North Washington when a passerby found the pair inside a running car.The child was...

Carbon monoxide leak kills 1, injures 2 in Dauphin County

Highspire, PA - One person died and two others suffered injuries Saturday afternoon in a carbon monoxide poisoning in Highspire, Dauphin County.According to the Highspire Police Department, dispatch received a 911 call from a home at 240 Walnut St. around 3:30 p.m....

Seven evacuated after carbon monoxide leak in Charlestown

Charlestown, MA - Seven people were evacuated from townhouses in Charlestown for about four hours Saturday morning after officials discovered a carbon monoxide leak caused by an underground electrical fire, Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said.Firefighters...

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...

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...

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...