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Family taken to hospital following carbon monoxide alarm
Morrisdale, PA - Members of the Mike Tocimak family were taken to Clearfield Hospital yesterday morning after they were overcome with carbon monoxide fumes at their home at 771 Troy-Hawk Run Highway.According to Fred Edwards Jr., chief, Morris Township Fire Co., the...
Eight people escape carbon monoxide poisonings
Janesville, WI - JANESVILLEA Janesville family of four escaped what could have been deadly carbon monoxide poisoning early Monday morning. They're not alone. Eight Janesville residents were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after firefighters responded to at...
Atmos accused of violations in fatal Lewisville explosion
Lewisville, TX - The State of Texas is accusing Dallas-based Atmos Energy of violating safety rules in connection with a fatal house explosion in Lewisville last January.A report released by the Texas Railroad Commission on September 5 alleges Atmos could have not...
Vicksburg family recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning
Vicksburg, MS - A Vicksburg family is recovering from what the fire chief is calling carbon monoxide poisoning.CBS affiliate WJTV reports it happened at the family's home on Demby Drive. Chief Charles Atkins says the family's furnace malfunctioned, releasing the...
Carbon Monoxide overcomes two in Laurel
Laurel, MD - Two people were overcome by carbon monoxide Sunday night in Laurel, the Prince George's County fire department said.The two were described as semi-conscious after working on a car on an enclosed garage in the 7500 block of Cavan Court , said Mark E....
6 children and grandmother hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning in Trenton
Trenton, NJ - Six children and their grandmother were rushed to the hospital this morning with carbon monoxide poisoning.All seven victims were at a house on 945 Carteret Ave. in Trenton when they were exposed to high levels of the toxic gas. The Trenton Fire...
Coon Rapids man hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning
Coon Rapids, MN - A Coon Rapids man was taken to the hospital early Monday morning for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning.The Coon Rapids Fire Department received a call about 1:30 a.m. Nov. 25 of carbon monoxide detectors sounding on both sides of a twin home at...
Temple: Detector Alerts Family To Carbon Monoxide Threat
Temple, TX - Three members of a Temple family had even more reason to be thankful Thursday after a carbon monoxide detector alerted them to a leak in a furnace ventilation pipe.Temple Fire & Rescue responded shortly after 5:15 a.m. Thursday and found the three...
Gas fumes force family to flee
Ferrysburg, MI - A Ferrysburg family evacuated their home Monday night on suspicion of carbon monoxide poisoning.Emergency crews responded just before 9 p.m. to a report that everyone in a home in the 17900 block of Mohawk Drive was feeling ill. Ferrysburg Fire Chief...
Bronx explosion and building collapse leaves 2 hurt
New York, NY - Two people, a father and son, were seriously hurt in an explosion and building collapse Wednesday morning in the Bronx.It happened just before 8 a.m. in a small building next to an auto body shop at 2601 Westchester Avenue in the Westchester Village...