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Minnesota first in country to require carbon monoxide detectors on boats
Minneapolis, MN - As Minnesota's celebrated boating season ramps up this month, one Edina family's loss has propelled them to lead a small but sweeping change to the state's big boating industry.In the next year, thousands of boaters will have to install carbon...
Vermillion Mother Makes Life-Saving Decision
Vermillion, SD - A Vermillion husband and wife and their two young children avoided serious health consequences and likely death thanks to carbon monoxide detectors in the residence they are renting in town.Vermillion Fire/EMS Chief Shannon Draper said department...
She smelled gas, but it took a stubborn delivery driver to prevent explosion
Muskegon, MI - Mary Ann Stark smelled natural gas, but didn't think much of it.Stark had been outside earlier in the day when she smelled it first but it was a windy day in May, so she thought the odor was probably coming from somewhere else. So she dismissed it....
Carbon monoxide forces apartment evacuation
Madison, WI - A buildup of carbon monoxide in a north side apartment building was caused by a gas-powered pressure washer running for six hours, according to a release from the Madison Fire Department.Firefighters were called at 10:02 p.m. Tuesday to the 2500 block of...
Propane line explodes in Coatesville house fire
Coatesville, VA - A fire damaged a building in the 300 block of West Lincoln Highway on Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities.Crews were alerted at 12:34 p.m. Wednesday for flames and smoke coming from the roof of a building. Coatesville Fire Chief Garry...
Dive crews spend day searching Taylorsville Lake for man
Spencer County, KY - Dive teams are searching for the body of a 48-year old father from Louisville who went overboard Sunday afternoon at Taylorsville Lake.Zoran Jeftic, 48, of Louisville, was on a boat with his wife and 15-year-old daughter when their boat started...
Bonnaroo 2016: Danger at the roo? Meet carbon monoxide campers
Bonnaroo, TN - The 911 call came in just before the early Friday morning hours at the Bonnaroo campsite.Campers staying in the RV and Companion Park on the Manchester farm for the music festival reported an alarm going off inside their motor home.Firefighters...
Fumes sicken 19 at Coconut Creek 911 dispatch center
Coconut Creek, FL - Broward County's emergency dispatch center here had an emergency of its own Saturday afternoon.Overheated batteries in the information technology room affected the air so that 19 people in the dispatch center, 4900 W. Copans Road, had to be...
Spring Valley home cited after woman sickened
Spring Valley, NY - Mirna Ramos's near-death experience from a carbon monoxide incident just after her family moved into a Jay Street house on June 2 has the property's manager set to answer to numerous violations at both the county and local level.The alleged...
Sources: Mom, daughter found dead in Porsche likely died from carbon monoxide
Osceola County, FL - Eyewitness News found out carbon monoxide may have killed a mother and daughter on the Florida Turnpike last week.Sources told Channel 9's Shannon Butler the Porsche Cayenne had recently been bought at a buy-here-pay-here type of dealership.Butler...