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BBQ grill fills Phoenix home with carbon monoxide
Phoenix, AZ - Two people were transported to ahospital Monday night after Phoenix firefighters found high levels of carbon monoxide inside their home after a barbecue grill was used to heat it, authorities said Tuesday.Fire crews responded to a call about 11 p.m. near...
3 Teenagers, 3 Adults Taken to Hospital After Carbon Monoxide Leak in Long Island Home: Officials
Long Island, NY - Three teenagers and three adults were taken to a hospital after a carbon monoxide leak was discovered in a Long Island home Tuesday, authorities said.The Garden City homeowner, Martin Arellano, told NBC 4 New York he had just turned on his heat for...
Paterson dry cleaner employees taken to hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning
Paterson, NJ - Four people working in a city dry cleaners were taken to a hospital in the Bronx Monday evening for carbon monoxide poisoning, a fire official said.Eight employees reported feeling nausea, headaches and lightheadedness around 5:30 p.m. at a dry cleaners...
Reseda Mother Warns Others of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After Daughter Dies
Los Angeles, CA - A 13-year-old teenager may have been killed by carbon monoxide poisoning two days after Christmas.Kim Holt, who lost her daughter, now wants to make sure no one else loses a loved one."Yesterday evening I got a call from the coroner saying that they...
Mattapoisett officers save family after carbon monoxide leak
Mattapoisett, MA - Two Mattapoisett police officers are being called heroes after saving a family from a dangerous carbon monoxide leak.Those officers were in the neighborhood Christmas night for a different reason.A neighbor had called police for a severed sprinkler...
3 people taken to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning
Dayton, OH- Three people were taken to the hospital, with one in critical condition, according to Captain Andy Wiley with the Dayton Fire Department.The occupants of the home were running a generator in the basement.Two of the occupants were outside when medics...
Authorities identify victims found dead in Milford home
Milford, MA - Authorities have identified the two people found dead Friday inside their home off Prospect Street in Milford.Adair Vieira Desales, 47 and Maria Aprecida Dasilva, 42, lived inside the home at 24 Prospect Heights.Carbon monoxide poisoning was...
Local couple survives nearly fatal brush with carbon monoxide poisoning
Cedar Rapids, IA - Furnace issues and a simple mistake with a carbon monoxide detector nearly cost a Cedar Rapids couple their lives this month.Now, the couple is stressing the importance of having a properly installed carbon monoxide detector in the home.I just feel...
Nampa couple found dead on Christmas Eve
Nampa, ID - NAMPA - Nampa police are investigating after two people were found dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in a home Christmas Eve.Police said a married couple - a 90-year-old man and a 89-year-old woman - were found dead Thursday in a home in the 500...
House explosion injures nine
San Benito, TX - SAN BENITO An explosion and fire injured nine people at a house on the outskirts of San Benito Christmas morning.All of the injured, who range in age from 1 to about 66, were taken to local hospitals, Cameron County Emergency Management Coordinator...