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Carbon monoxide sickens two firefighters during training session in Isabella County
Isabella County, MI - Two Isabella County firefighters were hospitalized Thursday night after showing signs of carbon monoxide poisoning during a training session at a fire station.Fremont Township Fire and Rescue was hosting a regularly-scheduled monthly training...
Carbon monoxide sickens two at Palmyra plant
Palmyra, WI - Two workers at a packaging plant in Palmyra were sickened Friday by carbon monoxide fumes from a propane-powered forklift, fire department officials said.Shortly after 2:30 p.m. police and first responders were sent to a reported medical emergency at...
Generator inside Detroit home leads to carbon monoxide poisoning for family of 3
Detroit, MI - A family of three is in the hospital after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning at their west Detroit home.A woman and her children were poisoned by a generator releasing carbon monoxide inside their home in the 1900 block of Montrose.The Detroit Fire...
5-year-old boy awarded for saving his family after carbon monoxide leak
Whitehall, OH - Five-year-old Gabriel Chinchilla is getting credit for saving his family last week after their home filled with high levels of carbon monoxide.The family had a security system installed that included a carbon monoxide detector that same day.Gabriel...
Carbon monoxide exposure in Houston home sends 9 to hospitals
Houston, TX - Nine people were evacuated from a Houston home after suffering severe carbon monoxide poisoning Monday night in a case firefighters said could easily have been fatal.Houston Fire Chief Christian Hartley said one resident at the home on Corn Street called...
Man rescued from roof after Ogden home explodes, goes up in flames
Ogden, UT - A man was rescued from the roof of a burning Ogden home following an explosion inside the residence Tuesday.Ogden deputy fire chief Eric Bauman said the man was hospitalized after his rescue from the home located at 2831 S. Monroe Boulevard. The man's...
Propane explosion rocks Rock Island jewelry store
Rock Island, IL- Rock Island Fire Marshal Greg Marty says the explosion inside Vintage Rose Jewelry and Antiques was the result of a propane explosion. Marty says it was caused by equipment being used at the time for jewelry repair. Construction crews are currently...
Two Naples residents hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning
Naples, ME - Two people were taken to the hospital after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning Monday afternoon in Naples.Naples Fire Chief Chris Pond said carbon monoxide levels inside the single-family home at 4 Bayou Road were dangerously high.Pond said firefighters...
Elevated carbon monoxide levels send Rochester woman to the hospital
Rochester, MN - Elevated carbon monoxide levels in a home in northwest Rochester sends a woman to the hospital Friday morning.While the rest of her family was sleeping, Donna Skrukrud was taking her dogs out when she began feeling ill and worried that she would pass...
Five Children, Adult Overcome By Carbon Monoxide At Waltham Laundromat
Waltham, MA - Five children and a woman were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes at a Waltham laundromat Sunday afternoon.Waltham firefighters were called to Clear Water Laundromat on River Street for elevated CO levels shortly before 2 p.m.It's very scary, Lori...