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Incidents in MD involving propane prompt safety reminders
Stow, MA - State Fire Marshal Brian S. Geraci reminds all Marylanders to use appropriate safety precautions when using fuel-fired appliances that connect to propane or natural gas.Injuries and fatalities resulting from an explosion involving liquid and vapor fuels...
Carbon monoxide leak puts family in danger
El Paso, TX - One family was in a near-death situation when their carbon monoxide detector went off in the middle of the night.Fortunately, father of three and husband Elijah Allen heard the alarm and told his family."It was lethal enough to kill them and if I...
High levels of carbon monoxide found at Canutillo home
Canutillo, TX - A woman, boy were found on the floor of home with high levels of carbon monoxide Tuesday morning.The woman called emergency officials claiming she felt weak and wasn't feeling well, said El Paso County sheriff's spokeswoman Chris Acosta.When sheriff's...
Carbon Monoxide Scare Forces Evacuation Of Concordville Hotel
Concordville, PA - More than a hundred guests were evacuated from a hotel overnight in Concordville, Delaware County after a carbon monoxide scare.It was around 12 a.m. Tuesday when fire crews responded to a CO alarm at the Best Western Hotel along the 700 block of...
Pleasantville family relocated after carbon monoxide found
Pleasantville, NJ - A Pleasantville family was relocated from their South Main Street home Sunday after carbon monoxide was found there, the South Jersey chapter of the American Red Cross said.The family of four were taken to the hospital and treated after the gas was...
Children recover from carbon monoxide scare
Grand Island, NY- A family of four escaped death when they were talked out of their home, which was full of deadly carbon monoxide gas.Around 9:15 a.m. Sunday, Mackenzie Hassan, 31, called for help from the Grand Island Fire Company when she found her son, 6,...
Carbon monoxide leak found at Salem health club
Salem, NH - Crews were called to the Salem Athletic Club for a medical emergency Monday, but while they were there, they discovered a carbon monoxide leak inside.The call was for one person who was sick, and it was unclear whether that sickness was related to the...
Carbon monoxide suspected in hunter’s death
Meeker, CO - Moffat County authorities say one hunter has died and two have been taken to a hospital in a suspected case of carbon monoxide poisoning in northwestern Colorado.The Craig Daily Press reports (http://tinyurl.com/o4gkgkm ) the hunters were found in a tent...
House explosion kills mother, injures son in Mississippi Co.
Keiser, AR - A 90-year-old woman was killed and her 62-year-old son was injured when their Keiser home exploded Saturday, according to the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department.The explosion happened around 11:15 a.m. in the 200-block of South Poplar Street.Keiser...
19 sickened after heater brought inside at Riverdale Resort
Franklin County, UT - As many as 19 participants in a family reunion at the Riverdale Resort hot springs in Franklin County drove themselves to Logan Regional Hospital Saturday to get checked out for possible carbon monoxide poisoning.According to a spokesperson for...