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Sheriff: 2 Dead From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Brown County

Brown County, MN - Authorities said the bodies of two people were found Friday inside a rural farmhouse in Brown County, and carbon monoxide is suspected in their deaths.The Brown County Sheriff's Office said the father of one of the victims called authorities to the...

Bexley woman possible carbon monoxide victim

Bexley, OH - A 74-year-old Bexley woman was found dead today from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.The woman, whose name was not released, had collapsed in her cellar at 940 Chelsea Ave, said Columbus Fire Battalion Chief Bill Bishop. The woman's daughter found her...

Carbon monoxide leads to partial evacuation of Ramada Inn

Aberdeen, SD - A carbon monoxide incident caused Tapz, Bully's Chop House and the kitchen at the Ramada Inn to be evacuated Friday night. Aberdeen Fire and Rescue responded to the call at 6:31 p.m., Battalion Chief Randy Meister said."The hot water heater in the...

Carbon monoxide poisoning sends 11 to the hospita

Lewiston, ME - Eleven students at Mr. Bernard's School of Hair Fashion in Lewiston are hospitalized under voluntary hospital care.Investigators say the school on Lisbon Street had no carbon monoxide detectors. The school was evacuated and eleven were taken to the...

12 treated after carbon monoxide leak in Skoki

Skokie, IL - A dozen people were taken to hospitals after a malfunctioning furnace caused a carbon monoxide leak early Thursday at an apartment building in Skokie.A resident of the building in the 8000 block of Keating Avenue called 911 shortly before 2:30 a.m. to...

Carbon monoxide sickens people at Toys R Us

Williston, VT - A holiday nightmare-- five days before Christmas and carbon monoxide sickened people at a packed Toys R Us store in Williston.Firefighters responded to the store after a report of a strange odor. Seventy-five people were in the store. They were all...

10 sickened by CO at 2 Md. homes

Dundalk, MD - Baltimore County officials say 10 people were sickened by carbon monoxide in two separate incidents at homes in Dundalk.Fire department units were called early Thursday to a home on Manor Road for an unconscious seizure patient and found several other...

Construction may have caused carbon monoxide leak

Rochester, MN - A Rochester family has been displaced from its home, and fire department officials are looking at construction in the area as a possible cause.First responders were called about 12:25 a.m. today to the 4200 block of Dodge Lane Northeast, where they...

Firth homebuilder suspects propane leak caused house explosion

Firth, NE - Six days before Christmas, the Kadavy family scavenged for photographs, presents and personal belongings in the smoldering rubble of their home.They found little on a cold, blustery Thursday morning: a computer they hope will have its hard drive intact, a...

Explosion damages Donegal home

Donegal Township, PA - Fire officials said a malfunctioning propane furnace may have been responsible for an explosion and fire that extensively damaged a vacation trailer home Wednesday in Donegal Township.Firefighters from Chestnut Ridge and Saltlick Township...