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Four family members found deceased in Pocatello home; carbon monoxide suspected
Pocatello, ID - A Pocatello dentist and three members of his family were found deceased in their home on Satterfield Drive about 9:30 pm Sunday, it appears that the family, two adults and two young boys, died from carbon monoxide poisoning.Bill and Ross Parrish and...
Recent Attica explosion ‘could have been devastating,’ fire chief says
Attica, IN - Attica firefighters got lucky earlier this month when a building exploded from a natural gas leak.Natural gas had filled two houses on adjacent corners of Perry and New streets, where firefighters had set up to fight the blaze caused by the explosion on...
Victim in apparent carbon monoxide death identified
Blount County, TN - The Blount County Sheriff's Office is continuing its investigation in the death of a woman from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.Debra Ann Cerrato, 58, was found dead Saturday in the bedroom of her home in the 1100 block of McArthur Road.A small...
Carbon Monoxide from Grill Sickens 13 in Western Wis.
Arcadia, WI - Sheriff's officials say 13 people were overcome by carbon monoxide when a charcoal grill was used inside a home in Trempealeau County.Dispatchers received a call about an unknown medical condition at a home in the Town of Arcadia late Sunday afternoon....
CHP: Carbon Monoxide Sickened Reno-Bound Bus Passengers
Mono County, CA - The California Highway Patrol says carbon monoxide may have sickened more than a dozen passengers aboard a Reno-bound commercial bus.CHP says the Amador Stage Lines bus was en route from Long Beach, California with roughly 50-60 passengers when some...
Fatal Moore Township home explosion caused by propane leak, was accidental, state police say
Moore Township, PA - Pennsylvania State Police today said the Moore Township explosion Feb. 14 that killed a 65-year-old man was caused by a liquid propane gas leak.The blast at the Hickory Hills mobile home park off Route 512 was determined to be an accident, state...
Police: 13 people taken to hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning in Cicero
Cicero, IL - According to police reports, 13 people were rushed to MacNeal Hospital for symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning at about 9:24 p.m. Feb. 22.Cicero fire and police officials were called to the 1600 block of South 48th Court on a call of possible carbon...
Cops: 1 dead after carbon monoxide leak at Walt Whitman Shops
Huntington Station, NY - A man died and 27 others were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after an apparent leak Saturday night in the basement of a restaurant at the Walt Whitman Shops in Huntington Station, police said.Suffolk police, fire crews and medics rushed...
Twenty-one people suffer carbon monoxide poisoning in Ogunquit
Ogunquit, ME - Twenty-one people suffered carbon monoxide poisoning and seven of them had to be hospitalized following an incident Sunday at a Route 1 time-share resort that the fire chief said was not equipped with carbon monoxide detectors.Seven People were treated...
Pilsen gas explosion leaves at least 2 people injured
Chicago, IL - A natural gas explosion blew out walls of a building Saturday morning in the Pilsen neighborhood.Firefighters and parademics responded to the gas explosion at a two-story building on the 1300 block of West Cullerton Street.Two women in their 20's are...