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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...

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...

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...

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...

Brighton, MI - Six families were displaced and an elderly couple hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning at a Brighton apartment building.Deputy Chief Michael Evans said an elderly couple in the 1600 block of Grand River Avenue near Superior Drive reported...

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, 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...

Baltimore, MD - Eight workers and a guest at the Westin Baltimore Washington International Airport were taken to the hospital to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday afternoon, Anne Arundel County fire officials said.Authorities said they found high levels...

Onset, MD - ONSET – As Janet Kowzic made supper she heard a strange beeping noise in the kitchen.She soon realized it was coming from the carbon monoxide detector and figured the batteries must be dying."I went over and pushed the button and it stopped," Kowzic...

McCall, ID - Guests at a McCall motel had a bit of a scare Feb. 10, when a propane-fueled heater malfunctioned at the motel pool, poisoning 10 people.This morning's McCall Star-News reports that the guests at America's Best Value Inn began complaining of headaches...

Northampton County, PA - A Northampton County coroner was dispatched about 3 o'clock this morning to the scene of a mobile home explosion in Moore Township, a county emergency dispatch supervisor said about 5:45.Moore Township police had said after the 9:15 p.m. blast...

Berkeley County, SC - A Berkeley County man trying to keep warm with a charcoal grill in a bedroom probably died of carbon monoxide poisoning early Thursday morning, Coroner Bill Salisbury said.The man was identified as Audiel Lopez-Marroquin of College Park Road. An...

New Castle County, DE - Two people were transported to the hospital suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning after reportedly using a grill to heat their home.On Feb. 12, New Castle County paramedics and EMS as well as firefighters responded to the 900 block of Old...

Richmond, VA - Three people were taken to a hospital after they apparently were overcome by carbon monoxide this morning at a North Richmond apartment building.Firefighters found two of the three unconscious when they responded to the building in the 600 block of...

Forest Park, IL - A carbon monoxide leak from a burned-out boiler gasket caused the evacuation of Betsy Ross School on Tuesday around 9:30 a.m. Teachers and staff gathered the kindergarten through third-grade students and bused them to Forest Park Middle School,...