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Tampa condo building evacuated due to carbon monoxide
Tampa, FL - Residents in a building at the Cordoba & Beach Park Condos in Tampa were evacuated from their homes early Thursday morning due to a carbon monoxide alarm sounding.Crews say one neighbor's quick action helped save another's life.Christina Huff says she woke...
Carbon monoxide kills Acushnet father and son
Acushnet, MA - An Acushnet man and his 9-year-old son were found dead Wednesday morning from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.Joseph Lopes, 41, and his son, Collin, were discovered in their 3 Buttonwood Lane home around 10:30 a.m. by police responding to a welfare...
2 hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning after car left running in garage
Parkland, FL - A parked vehicle left running in a household's garage sent two people to the hospital with possible carbon monoxide poisoning, early Wednesday morning.According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, a vehicle was left running by an elderly resident,...
Two young men dead of probable carbon monoxide
Albertville, AL - Albertville police are awaiting test results but believe two men found dead in a vehicle Tuesday succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning, according to Albertville Police Chief Doug Pollard.Assistant Chief Jamie Smith said the two men, Colby Lang, 23,...
Malfunction sickens librarians
Cookeville, TN - The Putnam County Library is closed until further notice after seven employees were hospitalized from exposure to high levels of carbon monoxide Monday.Around 10:45 a.m., employees reportedly began feeling sick from the odorless fumes. Employees...
Fire officials believe carbon monoxide poisoning likely cause in woman’s death
Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Fire & Rescue reports a woman was apparently killed Thursday night in a Northwest Las Vegas home by carbon monoxide poisoning produced from outdoor cooking devices used for heating.The woman's boyfriend flagged a passerby about 5 p.m. in the...
Hill’s Supply owner dies from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning
Canal Fulton, OH - The owner of a well-known dairy supply company in northeast Ohio and his wife were found dead Thursday morning, apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning.David Hill, 57, and his wife, Shin, 69, were found Dec. 1 in their home by Summit County...
Two found dead in Green, possible carbon monoxide poisioning
Green, OH - Two people found dead in a home Thursday may have been killed by accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, investigators said.The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office and the Summit County Sheriff's Department were investigating the deaths.According to a...
2 people found dead at Buckhead apartment complex
Atlanta, GA - Authorities are investigating after two people were found dead at a Buckhead apartment complex.Officials said two people were dead on two different floors of The Darlington on Peachtree Street.One person was found on the 6th floor and the other on the...
Three treated for carbon monoxide poisoning in Green Bay
Green Bay, WI - Three people were poisoned by carbon monoxide in Green Bay. Two of them were young children, who needed special treatment in a hyperbaric chamber.The Green Bay Metro Fire Department says rescue crews were called about a sick child at a home in the 2400...