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Scottsdale Fire Department warns of carbon monoxide poisoning, hands out alarms
Scottsdale, AZ - SCOTTSDALE, AZ - The Scottsdale Fire Department handed out free alarms to spread the message after a 22-year-old woman died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.Lindsey O'Brien Kesling died in her Scottsdale apartment in November 2010, a victim of...
Carbon monoxide poisoning cases increasing, state urges CO detectors
Columbus, OH - It's time to set the clocks back an hour this weekend. And fire departments will say time to replace the batteries in household smoke detectors.Now state officials are urging consumers to take two extra steps: Buy a carbon monoxide detector, or if you...
CO Poisoning Suspected In Boarding Home Deaths
Las Vegas, NV - Carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected in the deaths of two men at a Las Vegas-area boarding home.State Police Sgt. Emmanuel Gutierrez says the men who died last week were New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute patients released into the care of the...
Woman Credits 20-year-old Carbon Monoxide Detector for Saving Life
Little Rock, AR - A Little Rock woman says her carbon monoxide detector saved her and her husband's life."If we had been asleep and we hadn't had that thing, we would have probably died in our sleep," said Deborah Meldahl.Her husband was home with her when their...
Carbon-monoxide leak causes WWNY-TV 7 studio to be evacuated overnight
Watertown, NY - The building that houses WWNY-TV 7 studios was evacuated early this morning after a carbon-monoxide leak sent an employee of the Victims Assistance Center to the hospital.Watertown firefighters found a large amount of carbon monoxide in the building,...
2 in Cranston dead; high carbon monoxide detected
Cranston, RI - Two people were found dead in a house in Cranston where authorities say high levels of carbon monoxide were found.The Providence Journal reports that Cranston police and fire officials responded to a house on Pontiac Avenue around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday...
Fargo Man Barely Escapes Home Filled With Carbon Monoxide
Fargo, ND - Fargo firefighters say a leaking furnace almost lead to a tragedy in north Fargo Wednesday morning.Fire crews were called to a home on the 1500 block of north University just after 7:00 am when the people inside called 911 to report the smell of natural...
Carbon monoxide in Lake City building sends 7 to hospital, 2 critical
Lake City, WA - Seven people, including a Seattle police officer, are being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after two men were found unconscious in a Lake City Way condo, according to the Seattle Fire Department.Fire spokeswoman Sue Stangl said two residents...
NMC Sees First Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Case Of Fall 2013
Omaha, NE - It's sad to say, but this is the time of year many fall ill to carbon monoxide poisoning.Edwin Medberry came down with the first case of CO poisoning the Nebraska Medical Center has seen this year on Sunday evening. When working on a home, Medberry started...
Glastonbury Hotel Evacuated for Carbon Monoxide
Glastonbury, CT - The Homewood Suites hotel at 65 Glastonbury Boulevard in Glastonbury has been evacuated after a carbon monoxide detector went off, according to the Glastonbury Fire Department.Firefighters detected carbon monoxide in the building, traced the source...