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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...

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...

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...

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...