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Carbon monoxide likely cause of Macon man’s death
Macon, GA - A Macon man may have died Thursday from carbon monoxide poisoning.Bibb County Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley said family members went to check on Walter Austin on Thursday evening at his Hurley Park home, after not being able to contact him.Miley said the 45...
Explosion noises cause apartment building evacuation
Lakewood, CO - It was 37 degrees around 5 a.m. when residents of an apartment building at 788 South Reed Ct. in Lakewood were evacuated from their building because of an odor of natural gas and a "whomping" noise, according to the West Metro Fire Protection...
Suspected natural gas explosion destroys house in rural NE Indiana; no injuries reported
Fremont, IN - A suspected natural gas explosion destroyed a house in rural northeastern Indiana, scattering wood, insulation and other debris around the property.No injuries were reported from the explosion on Thursday near the Steuben (stoo-BEN') County town of...
Officials: Carbon monoxide kills Utah father, son
Rock Springs, WY - Carbon monoxide poisoning is being blamed in the deaths of a Utah father and son who were camping in an ice fishing hut at Flaming Gorge Reservoir in southwest Wyoming.Sweetwater County sheriff's Col. Rick Hawkins said 58-year-old Steven McConnell...
Cause of death ruled carbon monoxide poisoning
Schoharie County, NY - The Sloansville man who died while sleeping in his car overnight at a friend's house in the Village of Schoharie earlier this month died of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to an autopsy.Mark Trendell, 35, was found dead in his car in a...
Propane explosion leaves six homeless in Stamford
Stamford, NY - A propane explosion in the village of Stamford left a Main Street house heavily damaged, displaced six residents, and shut down Route 23/Main Street in the area for several hours on Wednesday, Feb. 19.The Stamford Fire Department got a call at 11:46...
Carbon monoxide sickens Grandville police employees
Grandville, MI - Several Grandville Police Department employees were hospitalized after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide while at work early Tuesday morning.An employee began feeling ill and went to the fire department to be checked out. During the...
‘Extremely high’ carbon monoxide levels displace families, hospitalize couple
Brighton, MI - Six families were displaced and an elderly couple hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning at a Brighton apartment building.Deputy Chief Michael Evans said an elderly couple in the 1600 block of Grand River Avenue near Superior Drive reported...
Three dead in Plaistow; carbon monoxide detector battery removed
Plaistow, NH - Rescue crews forced their way inside a local home Tuesday to find two men and one woman lying dead in their beds still in their pajamas and a fourth man unconscious all apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning.Firefighters were called to the 5...
Streamwood carbon monoxide leak sends two to hospita
Streamwood, IL - Two people were taken to the hospital Saturday night as a precaution after a carbon monoxide leak in a Streamwood town home complex, authorities said.Firefighters responded about 10 p.m. to a man and woman experiencing symptoms of dizziness and nausea...