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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...
2 kids, parents die of apparent CO poisoning
Merrillville, IN - Two children and their parents were found dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning inside their home in Merrillville in northwest Indiana, officials said.Morgan Nichols, 11, Matthew Nichols, 13, Kennetha Purnell, 38, and Michael Nichols, 41, were...