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17 People Taken to Area Hospitals After Being Exposed to Carbon Monoxide at Long Island Business
Hauppauge, NY - Seventeen people were taken to Long Island hospitals after they were exposed to carbon monoxide at a writing utensil production facility Wednesday afternoon, police said.An employee at Liqui-Mark in Hauppauge began feeling nauseous and was suffering...
Phone call from girl saves family poisoned by carbon monoxide
Jackson Heights, TX - A 13-year-old girl is being credited with saving her family's lives after a carbon monoxide leak at their home.It happened Wednesday in the 10000 block of County Road 3174 in the Jackson Heights community.Officials are now blaming a generator the...
Woman saved by bedpost in home explosion
Lula, OK - An 86-year-old Lula resident was injured when her house exploded Tuesday morning.Authorities believe a propane leak caused the blast. Resident Jean Wofford suffered a broken hip and received staples to the back of her head.A relative of Wofford went to...
Condition of 3 found after carbon monoxide call improved to fair
Smith County, TX - Three people were hospitalized after a family member found them unconscious inside their home on County Road 3174, according to the Smith County Sheriff's office.The fire marshal's office said it responded to a carbon monoxide poisoning call on CR...
Neighbors mourn woman killed in Fort Myers Beach explosion
Fort Meyers Beach, FL - Investigators pulled a woman's body from the burnt rubble of an Estero Boulevard duplex Monday afternoon after it exploded overnight.The explosion sent two people to area hospitals, the Lee County Sheriff's Office said and were reported as...
Carbon monoxide sends 8 people to hospital; 2 critical
Norristown, PA - Authorities in southeastern Pennsylvania said a carbon monoxide leak sent eight people to a hospital, two of them in critical condition.Emergency crews in Montgomery County were dispatched to a Norristown row house just after 11 p.m....
CO gas leads to evacuation in Chinatown
Philadelphia, PA - A restaurant and apartments in Chinatown were evacuated Sunday evening after high carbon monoxide readings were reported, Philadelphia fire officials said.The source of the colorless, odorless gas appeared to be a smoldering Peco Energy Co....
Bear family sickened by suspected carbon monoxide
New Castle County, DE - A Bear family of six was hospitalized early Wednesday after suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.New Castle County paramedics and ambulances from Christiana and Delaware City fire companies responded at 12:22 a.m. to the first block of Topaz...
Sheriff: Carbon monoxide leak kills Gallatin County couple having sex in car
Glencoe, KY - A man and woman died while having sex in a parked car last week, according to Gallatin County Sheriff Josh Neale.Violet Eles, 28, and David Long, 32, were overcome by carbon monoxide leaking into the car through a rusty exhaust pipe, Neale said. Their...
3 Treated for Carbon Monoxide in Havre de Grace: Official
Havre de Grace, MD - Three people were hospitalized from carbon monoxide at a property on the outskirts of Havre de Grace Monday afternoon, officials said.The Susquehanna Hose Company responded to a call for medical attention on Kevin Road at Earlton Road.Four people...