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Carbon monoxide poisoning sends 7 Chaumont residents to hospital Thanksgiving Day
Lyme, NY - Seven people were hospitalized Thanksgiving Day after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning at a residence on Duck Harbor Road in the town of Lyme.Jefferson County Emergency Services Director Joseph D. Plummer said Friday that there were no fatalities at...
Carbon monoxide scare leaves family thankful
Greenville, SC - The silent killer had already begun to attack. There were warning signs, but Sandy Halkett didn't recognize them.Her husband was traveling out of state as she prepared to shuttle three children off to school when a piercing alarm beeped at 6 a.m. last...
Greer family saved by carbon monoxide detector alarm
Greer, SC - A terrifying 6 a.m. wake-up for a family in Greer leaves them especially thankful this time of year.They said it was a $40 carbon monoxide detector that saved their lives just one week ago.The Halkett family said they didn't realize until after the fact...
Child alerts family to carbon monoxide leak
Conemaugh Township, PA - Six people, including two children, were rushed to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown early Wednesday after first responders were called to a residence at 1702 Moonlite Park Road in Conemaugh Township for a carbon monoxide...
Natural Gas Explosion Likely Caused Building Collapse
Chicago, IL-
2 Teens die after carbon monoxide leaks into car
Cochranville, PA - Two local high school students are dead after, police say, carbon monoxide leaked into their car.Daulton David Pointek, 17, and Carly Marie Imbierowicz, 16, died overnight Friday into Saturday morning.Police say Pointek and Imbierowicz were...
Possible natural gas explosion at trucking facility
Grand Rapids, MI - Firefighters are investigating an explosion at a trucking business in Grand Rapids.The explosion blew out windows and knocked the back wall off of its foundation at an office building inside Masselink Brothers Trucking, located at 901 Freeman Avenue...
Coroner: Two people found in home may have died from carbon monoxide poisoning
Benton County, WA - Detectives with the Benton County Sheriff's office said that two bodies were found inside a home on Neel Loop.Both are believed to be in their 20's or 30's.Benton County Coroner John Hansen said the man and woman found may have died from carbon...
Steamboat Springs police say carbon monoxide suspected in 2 deaths
Steamboat Springs, CO - Police confirmed Saturday that they found the bodies of a missing Steamboat Springs woman and a man in his pickup in the Sarvis Creek parking area south of Steamboat Springs.Police identified Page Stockdale and Mark Schiebel after being...
13 sickened by carbon monoxide fumes at Suffolk warehouse
Suffolk, VA - Unseasonably cold weather was partly to blame for a hazmat situation that sickened 13 in Suffolk Thursday.Employees were operating fork lifts inside a warehouse in the 1000 block of Obici Industrial Blvd. with the doors closed, which caused an unsafe...