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Man, child die from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning during Idaho camping trip
Atlanta, ID - Two South Idaho residents, a man and a 12-year-old child, died from what appears to be carbon monoxide poisoning during a camping trip over the weekend.Elmore County Sheriff Mike Hollinshead said the sheriff's office received a call Sunday night from a...
Fenton family says carbon monoxide detector saved their lives
Fenton, MI - A Fenton family owes their lives to a carbon monoxide detector that went off as designed, even if they almost dismissed it as a false alarm."At first I was like, 'Am I really hearing an alarm, because I'm tired, I'm in the basement.' But it kept going...
Carbon monoxide suspected in two deaths
Parsons, KS - Two men were found dead Tuesday evening in a house on the north side of Parsons, victims of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.Parsons firefighters were called to 1221 N. 26th at 6:36 p.m. Tuesday. Emergency personnel remained on scene for a time and...
Apartment building near Locust and Humboldt evacuated amid high carbon monoxide levels
Milwaukee, WI - Officials with the Milwaukee Fire Department on Tuesday evening, October 31st were called out to an apartment building near Locust and Humboldt, where they found high carbon monoxide levels.The call came in around 5:00 p.m.Fire officials said the...
Lethal levels of carbon monoxide found at Lincoln Co. property
Tomahawk, WI - The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department is urging hunters to have working carbon monoxide detectors in cabins and hunting shacks after a couple became ill due to dangerously high levels at property late last week.Deputies said the morning of Oct. 26,...
2 Grandparents, 4-Year-Old Grandson Dead Of Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Radisson, WI - Two grandparents and their 4-year-old grandson were found dead in their Wisconsin home Sunday morning, according to the Sawyer County Sheriff's office.Deputies reportedly arrived at the home in the town of Radisson at around 11:20 a.m. There, they found...
High carbon monoxide levels at South Austin church send 7 kids to the hospital
Chicago, IL- High carbon monoxide levels at a South Austin church sent 10 people to the hospital Sunday, including seven children, according to officials with the Chicago Fire Department.Firefighters responding to a call of sick children at the Bethel Apostolic Church...
High carbon monoxide reading leads to evacuation of Mount Olive senior citizen building
Mount Olive, NJ - A Mount Olive housing apartment complex for senior citizens was evacuated Saturday evening when a boiler problem led to high levels of carbon monoxide triggering an alarm, township fire officials said.The Flanders Fire and Rescue Squad evacuated 35...
Carbon monoxide leak sends 11 to hospital, 6 critical in Jersey City
Jersey City, NJ - A pregnant woman and three teenagers were among six people who were in critical condition yesterday after being exposed to carbon monoxide inside an apartment building on Jersey City's West Side, authorities said.At least two apartments inside the...
Carbon monoxide from wood burning stove sickens 10
Lauderdale Lakes, FL - Sheriff's officials in Florida suspect seven children and three adults were sickened by carbon monoxide when they improperly used a wood burning stove in their apartment.Rescue crews treated the family after being called to the apartment complex...