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Officials: Nearly 30 churchgoers fall ill from carbon monoxide poisoning
Prince George's County, MD — Nearly 30 Prince George's County churchgoers fell ill after officials say they experienced carbon monoxide poisoning during Sunday service. According to the Prince George's County Fire and EMS Department, fire crews joined Montgomery...
2 die, 2 suffer critical injures in carbon monoxide poisoning near Omaha, Ark.
Omaha, AR - Boone County, Ark. investigators say a man and a child died and two women suffered critical injuries from carbon monoxide poisoning after using an alternative heating source. Deputies responded to the home Monday after a call for unresponsive individuals...
Police: Cameron woman dies from carbon monoxide poisoning after using stove for heat
Cameron, TX — A 55-year-old woman has died from carbon monoxide poisoning in Milam County Sunday after using her stove for heat. According to Cameron PD Lt. Maskunas, police were dispatched around 9AM Sunday to 12th Street. The woman was using her stove for heat and...
Two Garland men likely died from carbon monoxide poisoning inside apartment, police say
Garland, TX - Two Garland men found dead inside an apartment Friday likely died from carbon monoxide poisoning, police said. Garland police responded around 10 a.m. to an apartment in the 200 block of South Barnes Drive after someone called and said two men inside...
Marksville couple dies of carbon monoxide from home generator
Marksville, LA - A Marksville man and woman died Friday night (Feb. 19) from carbon monoxide poisoning due to operating a generator inside a camper. The Avoyelles Parish Coroner's Office is considering the deaths to be related to the recent winter storm. The Louisiana...
Carbon Monoxide leak; 8 people rushed to hospital
Baltimore, MD - On Saturday night, multiple homes were evacuated on the 200 Block of E. Pontiac Ave in South Baltimore due to high levels of carbon monoxide. Five medical units are on the scene and multiple people are reported sick. The source of the Carbon Monoxide...
4 hospitalized, 21 evacuated after carbon monoxide leak in Queens
New York, NY – Eight people were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes at a home in Queens on Friday night, and four of them had to be hospitalized, authorities said. Twenty-one people evacuated their homes after the carbon monoxide leak on 81st Street, near 31st Avenue,...
Nacogdoches County Sheriff: 3 Melrose residents died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning
Nacogdoches County, TX - Three people have died as a result of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning after they ran their electric generator too close to their house, according to Nacogdoches County Sheriff Jason Bridges. The victims are two men and a woman. Bridges...
Carbon monoxide poisonings spike in winter storm-battered Texas
Houston, TX - Power outages in Texas have forced many to seek warmth in unconventional ways. Some are burning the artwork in their homes, and some are burning baby blocks. But others are resorting to more dangerous measures. People are using their grills, cars and...
Several escape house fire following reported explosion in Chapmantown
Chapmantown, CA — Several people escaped a house fire that broke out in Chapmantown Friday morning. Neighbors reported hearing an explosion when the home caught fire around 7:45 a.m. on Jackson Street near Wisconsin Street. Nobody was injured and all eight people...