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Possible Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prompts Evacuation; No Gas Found
Fort Worth, TX - The Fort Worth Fire Department has cleared Diamond Hill Elementary School for occupation after several adults were taken to the hospital complaining of nausea. One doctor suspected possible carbon-monoxide (CO) poisoning was the cause which prompted...
PG&E Ordered to Pay Record $1.6 Billion for Deadly Gas Blast
San Francisco, CA - California regulators imposed the largest penalty in the agency's history, ordering PG&E Corp. to pay $1.6 billion for failures that led to a deadly 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion in a San Francisco suburb.A faulty weld on the pipeline caused...
State law requires carbon monoxide detectors in rental properties by June
Lancaster County, PA - In two months, rental properties and apartments in Lancaster County and across the state will be required to have carbon monoxide detectors, according to a state law that goes into effect in June.Local landlords, municipal officials and...
Carbon Monoxide Suspected in Deaths of New Jersey Mother, 6-Year-Old Daughter: Authorities
East Orange, NJ - A 29-year-old woman and her 6-year-old daughter found dead in a New Jersey home Wednesday may have been the victims of carbon monoxide poisoning from a gas generator, prosecutors and relatives say.Octavia Campbell and her daughter Christiana were...
Carbon monoxide detected in Blair County restaurant
Blair County, PA - A medical call for a diabetic emergency in Blair County Tuesday ended up saving more lives than just one.EMS and fire crews were called to the Hoss's Restaurant in Blair Township at around 5 p.m. Tuesday when the meters on their first aid kits went...
Carbon Monoxide Kills Dad, Seven Kids in Maryland; Generator Eyed
Princess Anne, MD - A father and his seven children found dead inside a Maryland home were poisoned by carbon monoxide from a generator they were using because they could not keep up with their electricity bills, relatives and a friend said.Rodney Todd Sr., 36, and...
Nursing Student Found Dead in Alhambra Home; Police Suspect Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Alhambra, CA - Police in Alhambra were investigating the death of a 25-year-old Cal State Los Angeles nursing student who was found unconscious at her home on Monday.Monique Rivera was found unresponsive by her mother when she returned home from an afternoon shopping...
Father pushes to expand CO detector requirements
West Seneca, NY - In the wake of a carbon monoxide poisoning in Maryland that claimed eight lives, Ken Hansen is reminding people that the tragedy can be avoided.Hansen lost his 16-year-old daughter Amanda back in 2009, when she went to a sleepover and was overcome...
Delavan firefighters find dangerous levels of carbon monoxide in building
Delavan, WI - Officials are crediting carbon monoxide detectors with alerting authorities to a potentially dangerous situation after a portable generator filled several buildings with the deadly gas.At 2:33 p.m. Monday, Delavan police and firefighters responded to 239...
Carbon monoxide deaths: tragic, and too common
Middletown, NY - A month after the carbon monoxide poisoning that caused the deaths of three people and hospitalization for nine others, Orange County and City of Newburgh officials are still grappling with how to prevent similar tragedies.It seems apt, during...