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4 hospitalized by carbon monoxide leak in Rosebank
Staten Island, NY - Seven people were evacuated from a multi-family home in Rosebank Tuesday morning in what's being described by authorities as a carbon monoxide incident.Four of the seven people that firefighters evacuated from a residence on St. Mary's Avenue...
Large business evacuated for dangerous carbon monoxide leak
Tonawanda, NY - At least three fire companies responded to then evacuated Wisconsin Box Company in Tonawanda Tuesday evening.The City of Tonawanda Fire Department said employees started evacuating when they felt symptoms related to carbon monoxide exposure earlier in...
2 hurt in natural gas explosion, fire at western Pennsylvania car wash
McDonald, PA - MCDONALD, Pa. Two men suffered burns to their hands and face in a natural gas explosion and fire at a western Pennsylvania car wash.Police say the owner of Ducky's Car Wash in McDonald had a stuffed up nose and didn't notice the smell of leaking gas...
Carbon monoxide scare at Chicopee apartment building
Chicopee, MA - Some residents of a Chicopee apartment building are being checked out at the hospital following a carbon monoxide leak early Monday afternoon.Chicopee Deputy Fire Chief Wayne LeMay told 22News that a clogged water heater caused the leak at the...
11 Hospitalized in Bath Following Carbon Monoxide Scare
Bath, NY - Eleven people in Bath are recovering after being hospitalized with elevated levels of carbon monoxide.Officials say they were called to Liberty Street Thursday morning for a carbon monoxide alarm going off and people having a hard time breathing.Nine people...
Couple sickened by carbon monoxide in South Bay
Chula Vista, CA - A South Bay couple was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes at their home Thursday, apparently due to a faulty heater.The wife made an emergency call shortly before 9:30 a.m. to report that her husband was unconscious and she was feeling disoriented,...
Father of man killed by carbon monoxide in Passaic urges passage of detector requirement
Passaic, NJ - If his son had died of something else, like a car accident, Ray Korman might be able to accept it.Instead, Noel Korman died thoughtlessly, Korman says, of a carbon monoxide leak in a music studio Dec. 7, succumbing to the invisible, odorless and deadly...
Firefighters on the scene of a gas explosion in Lancaster City
Lancaster City, PA - Firefighters are still on the scene of a gas explosion in an apartment on South Franklin Street in Lancaster City.It happened in the first floor of a duplex just after 6 p.m.A resident said she heard a loud noise in the basement, then the smell of...
Hose failure cited in carbon monoxide poisonings that sickened soldiers
Fairbanks, AK - A corroded vent hose caused carbon monoxide poisoning that sickened four soldiers near Eielson Air Force Base in September.A safety investigation report concluded the poorly vented exhaust system caused the gas to build up in a kitchen tent used by...
Carbon monoxide sickens several at produce warehouse
Travis County, TX- Seven firefighters and two paramedics are out of the hospital after possible carbon monoxide exposure at a produce warehouse Tuesday afternoon.Emergency crews were originally called out to the warehouse at 26905 W. State Highway 71 just after 1:30...