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17 potato cellar workers hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning
Lewisville, ID - LEWISVILLE A toxic carbon monoxide leak at a potato cellar in Jefferson County sent 17 people to the hospital on Thursday afternoon.At approximately 3:50 p.m., the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from Ball Brothers Produce at...
Man dies, 8 more people treated for carbon monoxide
Grand Island, NE - A man has died and eight other people -- including firefighters and a police officer -- have been treated for carbonmonoxide poisoning in Grand Island.Firefighters were sent to a home Tuesday on a medical call. They found the man and a woman in the...
Two injured in Zavalla house explosion
Zavalla, TX - A house explosion at 279 Pleasure Drive sent a Zavalla couple to separate hospitals and damaged five other houses Tuesday morning.Zavalla Fire Chief Chris Wade said Lyle West, 82, was taken by flight to a Dallas-area hospital with serious injuries, and...
1 dead, 4 others injured by apparent carbon monoxide
Martin County, MN - Sheriff's officials say a woman has died and four other people have been taken to hospitals after they were overcome by apparent carbon monoxide poisoning while ice fishing in southern Minnesota.Authorities say the group was in an ice shanty on...
Firefighters save woman, pets from carbon monoxide poisoning
Crawford County, MI - Firefighters saved a woman, her dog and two cats from carbon monoxide poisoning.The incident happened Saturday morning in Crawford County.According to the Frederic Fire Department, Firefighter Paramedic Trudeau and Firefighter EMT Lee responded...
Family hospitalized after ignoring carbon monoxide alarm
Granger, IN - An Indiana family is recovering after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in their home over the weekend.Police say a man was using a gas saw in the basement of a home in Granger on Sunday when he started to have chest pains and called 911.When rescuers...
The need for heat causes Carbon Monoxide concerns
Grand Junction, CO - Our local fire departments are reminding grand valley residents to check their detectors batteries and have one in every room of your house.Carbon monoxide poisoning kills 400 Americans every year and sends another 20,000 to the emergency room,...
Carbon monoxide incident hits Wayne care center
Wayne, NJ - A few patients of CareOne at Wayne complained of headaches that may have been related to elevated carbon monoxide readings Monday afternoon at the care center on Black Oak Ridge Road, police said.Wayne police Capt. Laurence W. Martin said the patients were...
Gateway apartments evacuated due to carbon monoxide scare
Salt Lake City, UT - Fire crews responded to the area of The Gateway, 135 S. 500 West, on Monday when several people in apartments there reported their carbon monoxide alarms were going off.Salt Lake City Fire Department Capt. Mark Bednarik said the first call came in...
Man dies from carbon monoxide poisoning
Marquette, MI - A man overcome with carbon monoxide who a Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officer tried to rescue last week has died.The incident occurred at 3:43 p.m. Wednesday when CO Mike Evink was dispatched to a home along Hutt Lake Drive in...