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Roseland Center Plaza stores evacuated for carbon monoxide issue

Canandaigua, NY- Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores and CosmoProf in the Roseland Center Plaza in Canandaigua had to be evacuated for about an hour Tuesday morning after carbon monoxide was detected, said Canandaigua Fire Chief Mark Marentette.Canandaigua fire crews...

Carbon Monoxide Scare At Fort Drum, 3 Taken To Hospitals

Jefferson County, NY - Three employees at Fort Drum were rushed to area hospitals Tuesday following a suspected carbon monoxide problem on post.Officials said emergency crews were called to Building 2792, which is the Ammunition Supply Point & Surveillance Building,...

Family taken to hospital following carbon monoxide alarm

Morrisdale, PA - Members of the Mike Tocimak family were taken to Clearfield Hospital yesterday morning after they were overcome with carbon monoxide fumes at their home at 771 Troy-Hawk Run Highway.According to Fred Edwards Jr., chief, Morris Township Fire Co., the...

Eight people escape carbon monoxide poisonings

Janesville, WI - JANESVILLE—A Janesville family of four escaped what could have been deadly carbon monoxide poisoning early Monday morning. They're not alone. Eight Janesville residents were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after firefighters responded to at...

Atmos accused of violations in fatal Lewisville explosion

Lewisville, TX - The State of Texas is accusing Dallas-based Atmos Energy of violating safety rules in connection with a fatal house explosion in Lewisville last January.A report released by the Texas Railroad Commission on September 5 alleges Atmos could have not...

Vicksburg family recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning

Vicksburg, MS - A Vicksburg family is recovering from what the fire chief is calling carbon monoxide poisoning.CBS affiliate WJTV reports it happened at the family's home on Demby Drive. Chief Charles Atkins says the family's furnace malfunctioned, releasing the...

Carbon Monoxide overcomes two in Laurel

Laurel, MD - Two people were overcome by carbon monoxide Sunday night in Laurel, the Prince George's County fire department said.The two were described as semi-conscious after working on a car on an enclosed garage in the 7500 block of Cavan Court , said Mark E....

Coon Rapids man hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning

Coon Rapids, MN - A Coon Rapids man was taken to the hospital early Monday morning for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning.The Coon Rapids Fire Department received a call about 1:30 a.m. Nov. 25 of carbon monoxide detectors sounding on both sides of a twin home at...

Temple: Detector Alerts Family To Carbon Monoxide Threat

Temple, TX - Three members of a Temple family had even more reason to be thankful Thursday after a carbon monoxide detector alerted them to a leak in a furnace ventilation pipe.Temple Fire & Rescue responded shortly after 5:15 a.m. Thursday and found the three...

Gas fumes force family to flee

Ferrysburg, MI - A Ferrysburg family evacuated their home Monday night on suspicion of carbon monoxide poisoning.Emergency crews responded just before 9 p.m. to a report that everyone in a home in the 17900 block of Mohawk Drive was feeling ill. Ferrysburg Fire Chief...

Bronx explosion and building collapse leaves 2 hurt

New York, NY - Two people, a father and son, were seriously hurt in an explosion and building collapse Wednesday morning in the Bronx.It happened just before 8 a.m. in a small building next to an auto body shop at 2601 Westchester Avenue in the Westchester Village...