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Carbon monoxide leak discovered near hotel pool in Sunset Hills
Sunset Hills, MO - A potentially deadly situation at an area hotel had emergency crews evacuating guests Friday evening.Laclede Gas, the Melville Fire Protection District, and Sunset Hills Police Department responded to the Hampton Inn at Lindbergh Boulevard amid...
Girl’s death spurs efforts to protect boaters from carbon monoxide
St. Paul,, MN - ST. PAUL Seven-year-old Sophia Baechler went for a boat ride with her family on Lake Minnetonka one day last October, but 20 minutes into the trip she complained of a headache and said the motor sounded loud.Her parents thought she was simply tired...
4 Hospitalized From Carbon Monoxide at Oregon Candy Factory
Medford, OR - A carbon monoxide leak at an Oregon candy factory has sent four people to the hospital and sickened four others.The Medford Mail Tribune reports that 11 workers were inside Pete's Gourmet Confections on Wednesday when the leak happened.Medford...
2 Sickened by Carbon Monoxide at Southeast DC Church
Washington, DC - Two people were taken to a hospital Thursday after they were apparently overcome by carbon monoxide at a Southeast D.C. church.Someone called 911 around 9:30 a.m., saying there was a possible carbon monoxide issue at St. Peter's Church, located at 313...
Two men found dead from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning
Detroit, MI - Two men were found dead from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday night.They were found at a house on Stout Street in northwest Detroit, which is near Six Mile and Evergreen roads.Investigators say both men, who are in their 40s, were found in...
17 hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning in West Miami-Dade
West Miami-Dade, FL - A carbon monoxide leak at a West Miami-Dade office building sent 17 people to the hospital and made dozens sick, Monday.Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to the scene at the Lennar Corporation offices, in the area of Northwest 107th Avenue and...
2 girls, mom hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning
San Tan Valley, AZ - Two young girls and their mother were taken to the hospital Saturday morning after after a case of carbon monoxide poisoning.Fire and police officials said crews were called to a San Tan Valley home around 7 a.m. and found the girls, 4 and 8, with...
Three taken to hospital after carbon monoxide problem at InterMed in Portland
Portland, ME - Three people were taken by ambulance to a hospital and firefighters evacuated two floors of a 10-story office building on Marginal Way in Portland on Friday after a possible carbon monoxide problem.Staff members at InterMed, which occupies the top four...
Carbon monoxide alarm saves 2 lives
Ellensburg, WA - A carbon monoxide alarm likely saved the lives of two Ellensburg residents on Wednesday when a defective water heater released high levels of the poison gas into the home.Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue responded to a carbon monoxide alarm call around...
NTSB links gas leak to fatal 2013 explosion in Birmingham
Birmingham, AL - Federal investigators say gas leaking from a ruptured pipe at a Birmingham public housing complex likely caused a fatal explosion in 2013.National Transportation Safety Board officials said in a report issued Wednesday that the explosion at the...