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Residents Return to Minneapolis Condominium Following Carbon Monoxide Leak
Minneapolis, MN - A Minneapolis condominium was ventilated and residents were allowed to return to their homes Thursday morning after a carbon monoxide leak Wednesday.According to the Minneapolis Fire Department, the building is located on the 500 block of 2nd Street...
Carter Co. father, son dead from carbon monoxide
Carter County, TN - A preliminary investigation shows two Carter County, Tennessee men died from carbon monoxide poisoning inside their home.Sheriff Dexter Lunceford reported friends and family members found the bodies of Floyd Ayers, 71, and his son David Ayers, 50,...
3 hospitalized when Holly Springs home fills with carbon monoxide
Holly Springs, NC - Two Holly Springs children and their mother were taken to the hospital early Wednesday morning to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning.Authorities said the family was asleep in the house on Sarrucca Court when they felt nauseated. Someone...
Novi hotel evacuated after carbon monoxide leak
Detroit, MI - The Novi Oaks Hotel was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after high carbon monoxide levels were found at the site, fire officials reported.Crews were called to the building on South Karevich Drive, near Twelve Oaks Mall, about 5:20 p.m. and determined...
Two people found in car at KCK Wal-Mart parking lot died of carbon monoxide poisoning
Kansas City, KS - Two people found Sunday morning in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Kansas City, Kan., died from carbon monoxide poisoning, Police Chief Terry Zeigler said on Twitter.The bodies were discovered in the 10900 block of Parallel Avenue, located across the...
Snow-covered propane tanks still a hazard in Sierra
Truckee, CA - Back in April of 2011 a home on Bales Road inexplicably exploded.No one was home, and no one was outside to get injured or even killed by the impact.Before this year, 2011 was the last heavy snow year, and investigators found at that time, a crack within...
Investigators: Loveland Motel Explosion Caused by Gas Leak
Loveland, CO - An explosion and fire at a motel in northern Colorado that injured three people, including a firefighter, was caused by a gas leak.Investigators with the Loveland Fire Rescue Authority say the gas leak at the Rosebud Motel was ignited when a resident...
3 firefighters exposed to carbon monoxide at Moreno Valley apartment
Moreno Valley, CA - Three firefighters had to go a hospital after they were exposed to carbon monoxide in a Moreno Valley apartment complex early Sunday, April 23.The firefighters had responded at 12:42 a.m. to a report of a carbon monoxide alarm going off in the...
3 Men Hospitalized From Elevated Levels Of Carbon Monoxide
Chicago, IL - A near West Side mid-rise condo building was evacuated and three people were hospitalized after running a gas powered engine indoors.The Fire Department found elevated levels of carbon monoxide in the condo building, located at the corner of Adams and...
Police: Carbon monoxide likely killed 3 on LCO reservation
Hayward, WI - Sawyer County and tribal authorities are investigating the deaths of three people found inside a home on the Lac Courte Oreilles (la-coot-oh-ray) Reservation near Hayward in northwestern Wisconsin.The tribal police department said in a statement Friday...