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Several Treated for CO Poisoning After Manchester Furnace Leak
Manchester, CT - Seven people were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after a furnace malfunctioned at a Manchester duplex this morning, fire officials said.Firefighters responded to 130 and 132 Hilliard Street in Manchester around 7 a.m. Friday. When they arrived,...
Carbon Monoxide Leak at Lynchburg House Sends Four to Hospital
Lynchburg, VA - Lynchburg fire crews were called to a home on Walton Drive early Friday morning because of a carbon monoxide leak.Fire personnel tell ABC 13 that four people were transported to the hospital due to a furnace malfunction."It was a gas fired furnace,...
Man sues over father’s carbon monoxide-caused death
Charleston, WV - A Charleston man is suing Risk Market after he claims it is responsible for his father's wrongful death.Richard Risk was also named as a defendant in the suit.Thomas Phelps and his father, Eugene R. Phelps Sr., rented a house located on MacCorkle...
Carbon Monoxide Leak Sends Five To Hospital
Lincoln, NE - Five people were hospitalized following a carbon monoxide leak at a Lincoln apartment complex Wednesday morning.Crews called to Portia Street and Conestoga Road just after 9 a.m. said several residents showed signs of carbon monoxide poisoning, including...
Bird nest in chimney caused potentially lethal carbon monoxide buildup in three Allentown homes
Allentown, PA - A bird nest built over the summer in the chimney of an Allentown home caused a potentially lethal buildup of carbon monoxide in three homes Wednesday, fire officials said.Allentown fire crews were dispatched around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to the 1300 block...
Conn. students treated for CO symptoms on bus trip
Madison, CT - Police say several members of the North Haven junior varsity girls soccer team are being treated for possible carbon monoxide exposure on a team bus trip to Madison.Police said at least eight youths and one adult were taken to hospitals Wednesday...
Seventy evacuated from Albany Park building for carbon monoxide leak
Chicago, IL - As many as 70 people were evacuated from an Albany Park apartment building after Chicago Fire Department crews found high levels of carbon monoxide inside.Emergency officials responded to the three-story building in the 4900 block of North Kedzie Avenue...
Race Fan Dies from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Talladega, AL - A race fan is dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Talladega Deputy Coroner Larry Seals tells FOX6 News reporter Vanessa Araiza that the person who died is a 46-year old man from Tennessee. His wife was last listed in serious condition at UAB...
6 Hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning in Detroit
Detroit, MI- DETROIT, Mich. (WJBK) -Detroit fire fighters say an adult and five children were hospitalized Saturday evening after they were poisoned by carbon monoxide.Crews took the victims from a home in the 14,000 block of Decosta on Detroit's west side. DFD...
Wal-Mart evacuated for two hours
Staunton, VA - Firefighters evacuated the Wal-Mart on Richmond Road Saturday afternoon for more than two hours after a getting a call about a suspicious odor, according to the Staunton Fire Department.The call was received at 1:18 p.m.Employees milled about the...