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Paramedics transport Gaithersburg man with carbon monoxide poisoning
Montgomery County, MD - Montgomery County paramedics transported a man to the hospital on Wednesday night after he was found suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to a county fire official.Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the unconscious...
Police: Santa Fe mall evacuated due to carbon monoxide
Santa Fe, NM - Santa Fe police say parts of the Santa Fe Place Mall have been evacuated.After people were complaining of headaches and dizziness, the fire department was called. They were able to recognize the symptoms and tested for carbon monoxide.The mall was...
Carbon Monoxide Scare Clears Out Daycare: Police
Owings Mills, MD - OWINGS MILLS, MD Dozens of children were evacuated from a daycare in Owings Mills Thursday after a carbon monoxide alarm activated, according to Baltimore County public safety officials.Authorities said 40 children were cleared out of the building...
Police: Propane Leak Caused House Explosion
Duluth, MN - The Duluth Fire Department confirmed Monday a house explosion last week in Duluth was caused by a propane leak.The explosion tore through part of a home in the Morely Heights neighborhood last Thursday morning, causing close to a quarter of a million...
Carbon monoxide leak forces school closure
Enon, OH - A carbon monoxide leak forced the closing of Enon Elementary School on Tuesday.Repairs are expected to be made in time for school at 120 S. Xenia Drive to be open on Wednesday, said Greenon Local Schools Superintendent Brad Silvus.As the building's...
Gas Leaks Lead California Infrastructure Problems
West Palm Beach, FL - "With only one thing in common. They got the fire down below." Bob Seger Fire Down Below"California and New York both share Democratic political control above ground, but in a surprising development they also have something in common in the...
Sheriff’s Deputies: Carbon Monoxide Likely Killed Union County Couple
Union County, OH - Union County Sheriff's Deputies say carbon monoxide poisoning is the probable cause of death of two people found in a jeep last Saturday.Deputies say after the vehicle got stuck in a creek by a culvert 29-year-old Trevor Zimmerman and...
One Dead from Suspected CO Poisoning in Leech Lake; Three Others Treated
Leech Lake, MN - One person was found dead in an ice fishing house Sunday on Walker Bay of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.Police say three others in the fish house were treated for symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning as well.The Cass County Sheriff's Office...
Woman Thanks Firefighters After Carbon Monoxide Scare
Southington, CT - A woman in Southington is thanking the fire department for saving her life when her carbon monoxide detector went off on Sunday.Joanna Roberts-Brennan has lived in her home in Southington for 17 years. She changes the batteries on all of smoke and...
Woman, 5 children overcome by carbon monoxide in Bear, Del..
Bear, DE - Six people, including 5 children, are hospitalized after a carbon monoxide incident in New Castle County.Fire crews were called just after 8 p.m. Saturday to the 100 block of Flamingo Drive in Bear, Delaware.Upon arrival, officials said crews discovered an...