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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...
Lockport family survives after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide
Lockport, NY - Just days after Christmas, Laurie Pinzel remembered she had to replace the batteries of her carbon monoxide detector."See, there's the battery in there," showed Pinzel.Plugging it back in after passing out on her bathroom floor the night before, waking...
Man found dead in carbon monoxide-filled house
Ellsworth, WI - A Pierce County man was found dead Thursday in a town of River Falls house filled with high levels of carbon monoxide.John Eisele, 80, was pronounced dead at the scene.According to the Pierce County sheriff's office, the county's communications center...
Highland family has close call with silent killer
Highland, KS - A Highland family had a close call with a silent killer last weekend and give thanks to God for watching over them.Chris and Amy Lackey and their sons, Caleb and Carson, were all hospitalized last Friday after exposure to carbon monoxide.Chris Lackey,...
Family survives huge explosion that destroys their Coventry Township home
Coventry Township, OH - An entire family survived the explosion that blew up their home Monday in Coventry Township.Gabriel and Angie Hailey, two of their daughters and Angie's brother made it out safely after what is believed to have been a natural gas leak ignited....
Pizzeria owner’s life saved by carbon monoxide detector
Pleasantville, NJ - John Jouris probably owes his life to his recently installed carbon monoxide detector.Jouris, 61, of Absecon, has owned Johnny D's Pizzeria & Restaurant on North Main Street, an institution in the city, for the past 20 years, but he never installed...
Five people hospitalized after carbon monoxide scare in Vail
Vail, CO - VAIL At approximately 9 a.m. Jan. 11, crews from Vail Fire and Emergency Services and Eagle County Paramedic Services responded to a duplex on Vail View Drive for a report of a person not feeling well.Upon arrival, emergency personnel found one person who...
Clay County family loses home, suffers injuries in explosion
Burning Springs, KY - Three people went to the hospital with serious injuries after a home explosion in Clay County.It happened Sunday around 11:30 p.m. at a home on Roy Cox Road in the Burning Springs community.Nancy Collins Murrell, 42, and her children, Koby...
Omni Hotel lower floors evacuated due to carbon monoxide leak
Corpus Christi, TX - Just before noon on Tuesday, hazmat and Corpus Christi Fire Department teams responded to a carbon monoxide threat at the Omni Hotel in downtown Corpus Christi. Six employees were taken to a hospital as some areas of the hotel's lower floors were...
Hospital sees increase in carbon monoxide poisoning
Rapid City, SD - When the temperatures are extreme, we bundle up and turn up the heat. In the recent cold wave, the physicians at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Emergency Department saw a dramatic increase in the number of carbon monoxide poisonings. Most were...