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Baltimore, MD - Eight workers and a guest at the Westin Baltimore Washington International Airport were taken to the hospital to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday afternoon, Anne Arundel County fire officials said.Authorities said they found high levels...

Onset, MD - ONSET – As Janet Kowzic made supper she heard a strange beeping noise in the kitchen.She soon realized it was coming from the carbon monoxide detector and figured the batteries must be dying."I went over and pushed the button and it stopped," Kowzic...

McCall, ID - Guests at a McCall motel had a bit of a scare Feb. 10, when a propane-fueled heater malfunctioned at the motel pool, poisoning 10 people.This morning's McCall Star-News reports that the guests at America's Best Value Inn began complaining of headaches...

Northampton County, PA - A Northampton County coroner was dispatched about 3 o'clock this morning to the scene of a mobile home explosion in Moore Township, a county emergency dispatch supervisor said about 5:45.Moore Township police had said after the 9:15 p.m. blast...

Berkeley County, SC - A Berkeley County man trying to keep warm with a charcoal grill in a bedroom probably died of carbon monoxide poisoning early Thursday morning, Coroner Bill Salisbury said.The man was identified as Audiel Lopez-Marroquin of College Park Road. An...

New Castle County, DE - Two people were transported to the hospital suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning after reportedly using a grill to heat their home.On Feb. 12, New Castle County paramedics and EMS as well as firefighters responded to the 900 block of Old...

Richmond, VA - Three people were taken to a hospital after they apparently were overcome by carbon monoxide this morning at a North Richmond apartment building.Firefighters found two of the three unconscious when they responded to the building in the 600 block of...

Forest Park, IL - A carbon monoxide leak from a burned-out boiler gasket caused the evacuation of Betsy Ross School on Tuesday around 9:30 a.m. Teachers and staff gathered the kindergarten through third-grade students and bused them to Forest Park Middle School,...

Little River, SC - A generator at a house without power from the massive ice storm poisoned several people with carbon monoxide fumes on Wednesday evening, officials said.Lt. Julius Graham of the Horry County Fire and Rescue said crews were dispatched to a house on...

Shreveport, LA - A southwest Shreveport family has been rushed to the hospital, sickened by what fire officials believe was exposure to carbon monoxide.Firefighters and EMS were called to a home in the 9400 block of E. Montego Ln. just after 10:30 a.m. for a family...