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Twenty workers at Bridgewater warehouse treated for carbon monoxide exposure
Bridgewater, NJ - Twenty employees at Baker & Taylor at 1120 Route 22 East were treated for carbon monoxide exposure Friday afternoon.As of 3 p.m., three employees of the book processing center had been taken to local hospitals for treatment. The other employees are...
Apparent carbon monoxide poisoning leaves 1 dead, 2 critical
Springfield, MI - An 11-year-old girl has died and her mother and the woman's boyfriend are in critical condition due to apparent carbon monoxide poisoning inside a southern Michigan building that was serving as a makeshift home.The Calhoun County sheriff's department...
8 treated for exposure to carbon monoxide in southeast DC
Washington, DC - Fire officials say five adults and three children were taken to hospitals after they were exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide in southeast Washington.D.C. Fire and EMS officials tweeted that crews were called to 16th Street southeast late...
Official: Hotel carbon-monoxide leak could have been deadly
Clear Spring, MD - A carbon-monoxide leak at a Clear Spring hotel could have been deadly had an ambulance crew not been called there Thursday night to help a person with a medical condition, according to a fire official.Zach Reid, deputy chief of the Clear Spring...
3 hospitalized after carbon monoxide found inside home
Washington, NC - A mother and two children were taken to a Washington hospital after emergency personnel found carbon monoxide in their mobile home.Local media outlets report Washington Fire Battalion Chief Doug Bissette says a 911 call from a neighbor said three...
1 injured after house explosion in Manassas
Manassas, VA - A construction worker was transported for injuries after a house explosion in Manassas Tuesday morning, Prince William County Fire said.The explosion happened in the 11600block of Kahns Rd. in Manassas around 6:50 a.m., according to officials.When crews...
Natural gas leak to blame in Medina apartment explosion that killed two, investigators say
Medina, OH - State investigators have determined that a natural gas leak caused the explosion at a Medina apartment building that killed an 18-year-old man and his mother, the State Fire Marshal's Office said.The explosion happened in the early morning of Feb. 9 at...
150 people evacuated when carbon monoxide fills Patchogue apartment complex
Patchogue, NY - At least 150 people were forced to flee when a malfunctioning boiler filled their Long Island apartment building with potentially deadly carbon monoxide.Patchogue firefighters first went to the Mapletree Apartments for a call about smoky food on a...
Worker overcome by carbon monoxide in West Fargo
West Fargo, ND - West Fargo fire officials say a construction worker almost instantly succumbed to carbon monoxide when he opened a trailer where a combustion pump was running.It happened just after 11:00 Tuesday morning at a construction site in West Fargo where town...
Carbon monoxide leak forces evacuations at Haverford Township apartment complex
Havertown, PA - A carbon monoxide leak forced people out of their apartments in Haverford Township, Delaware County.It happened Sunday morning at the Victorian Arms apartments on the 1300 block of Darby Road in Havertown.Firefighters arrived after getting a call that...