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Carbon monoxide likely cause of young couple’s death
Elkhart, IN - A young couple, both just twenty-eight-years-old, were found dead inside their home in Elkhart Thursday afternoon. ABC57 talked with family members and neighbors who are in a state of shock.Police found twenty-eight-year old Mitchell Rider and his...
Carbon monoxide a hazard for boaters
Carson City, NV - It's colorless, odorless and deadly, and safety officials say carbon monoxide poisoning likely contributed to more drowning deaths over the past decades than imagined.People don't tend to think about the hazard when on a boat, enjoying the sunshine...
Explosion In Leimert Park
Los Angeles, CA - Friday around 6:00 am, an explosion was heard outside of a house in Lemert Park.According to L.A. City Fire spokesman Dave Ortiz, the blast occurred at 4329 S. 9th Avenue. The natural gas explosion broke all the windows on the first and second floor...
Death of man after day of boating sheds light on carbon monoxide risks
Salt Lake City, UT- Ray Howze met Lucas Allyn in the second grade and the two were fast friends. He got used to Allyn's infectious laugh, his sense of humor, his passion for the Utah Jazz, his lofty goals and aspirations. "He certainly wanted to be somebody who was...
Carbon Monoxide Leak in Kearns Apartment Sends Family to Hospital
Kearns, UT - Three apartments were evacuated in the Kearns area because of carbon monoxide poisoning.Just after 9pm on Wednesday in Kearns a mother called 911, saying that one of her children was sick.Firefighters responded to the apartment complex at 4988 West 4850...
Family Poisoned by Carbon Monoxide
Wilmette, IL - Three Wilmette residents were brought to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning after a gasoline generator running in the basement of their home caused the toxic gas to leak into the house, police reports state.One adult male was found unresponsive...
Police: Dover Twp. house explosion caused by natural gas leak in basement
Dover Township, PA - An explosion and fire at a Dover Township home last month was caused by a gas leak, according to police.It happened just before 9 a.m. June 7 at the home of Charles Pike in the 5000 block of Carlisle Road, next to the Dover Area Animal hospital.A...
Four Hospitalized for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in MD
Howard County, MD - Howard County officials said three adults and one child were transported to a local hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday afternoon.Crews responded to a medical emergency in the 9500 block of Standon Place in Columbia at approximately 5...
1 injured in Lawrenceville house fire
Lawrenceville, GA - Police and fire investigators believe a natural gas explosion triggered two blasts and a small house fire in Lawrenceville.The fire happened about 1 p.m. Monday on Sundale Drive.Channel 2's Kerry Kavanaugh was the first reporter at the...
Man dies of carbon monoxide poisoning while boating at Bear Lake
Bear Lake, UT - A 22-year-old Salt Lake area man was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning over the weekend while boating on Bear Lake.The Rich County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call Saturday about 7:15 p.m. from a group boating on the lake, saying they thought one...