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Cops: 1 dead after carbon monoxide leak at Walt Whitman Shops

Huntington Station, NY - A man died and 27 others were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after an apparent leak Saturday night in the basement of a restaurant at the Walt Whitman Shops in Huntington Station, police said.Suffolk police, fire crews and medics rushed...

Twenty-one people suffer carbon monoxide poisoning in Ogunquit

Ogunquit, ME - Twenty-one people suffered carbon monoxide poisoning and seven of them had to be hospitalized following an incident Sunday at a Route 1 time-share resort that the fire chief said was not equipped with carbon monoxide detectors.Seven People were treated...

Pilsen gas explosion leaves at least 2 people injured

Chicago, IL - A natural gas explosion blew out walls of a building Saturday morning in the Pilsen neighborhood.Firefighters and parademics responded to the gas explosion at a two-story building on the 1300 block of West Cullerton Street.Two women in their 20's are...

Carbon monoxide likely cause of Macon man’s death

Macon, GA - A Macon man may have died Thursday from carbon monoxide poisoning.Bibb County Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley said family members went to check on Walter Austin on Thursday evening at his Hurley Park home, after not being able to contact him.Miley said the 45...

Explosion noises cause apartment building evacuation

Lakewood, CO - It was 37 degrees around 5 a.m. when residents of an apartment building at 788 South Reed Ct. in Lakewood were evacuated from their building because of an odor of natural gas and a "whomping" noise, according to the West Metro Fire Protection...

Officials: Carbon monoxide kills Utah father, son

Rock Springs, WY - Carbon monoxide poisoning is being blamed in the deaths of a Utah father and son who were camping in an ice fishing hut at Flaming Gorge Reservoir in southwest Wyoming.Sweetwater County sheriff's Col. Rick Hawkins said 58-year-old Steven McConnell...

Cause of death ruled carbon monoxide poisoning

Schoharie County, NY - The Sloansville man who died while sleeping in his car overnight at a friend's house in the Village of Schoharie earlier this month died of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to an autopsy.Mark Trendell, 35, was found dead in his car in a...

Propane explosion leaves six homeless in Stamford

Stamford, NY - A propane explosion in the village of Stamford left a Main Street house heavily damaged, displaced six residents, and shut down Route 23/Main Street in the area for several hours on Wednesday, Feb. 19.The Stamford Fire Department got a call at 11:46...

Carbon monoxide sickens Grandville police employees

Grandville, MI - Several Grandville Police Department employees were hospitalized after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide while at work early Tuesday morning.An employee began feeling ill and went to the fire department to be checked out. During the...

Three dead in Plaistow; carbon monoxide detector battery removed

Plaistow, NH - Rescue crews forced their way inside a local home Tuesday to find two men and one woman lying dead in their beds still in their pajamas and a fourth man unconscious — all apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning.Firefighters were called to the 5...

Streamwood carbon monoxide leak sends two to hospita

Streamwood, IL - Two people were taken to the hospital Saturday night as a precaution after a carbon monoxide leak in a Streamwood town home complex, authorities said.Firefighters responded about 10 p.m. to a man and woman experiencing symptoms of dizziness and nausea...