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Carbon monoxide leak empties Resource Bank
DeKalb, IL - Resource Bank was evacuated for about an hour and a half Monday morning because of a minor carbon monoxide leak.Workers at 555 Bethany Road smelled an odor about 8:30 a.m. and called authorities, DeKalb Fire Chief Eric Hicks said. Carbon monoxide is a...
Report: Royal Oak gas explosion not first time Consumers Energy left gas leak prior to fatal blast
Jackson, MI - Consumers Energy admits employees detected a gas leak in Royal Oak and left the scene prior to a Feb. 27 explosion that killed 58-year-old Daniel Malczynski.A Crew ruptured a line while laying an underground gas main using a boring process and disobeyed...
Four hospitalized in Eau Claire for carbon monoxide poisonin
Eau Claire, WI - Four people were hospitalized in Eau Claire Wednesday for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Eau Claire Fire Department.Two children and two adults were taken by ambulance from the residence at 1423 First St. Reserve in the Shawtown...
Coroner blames carbon monoxide for 5 fire deaths
Lewiston, ID - LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) -A coroner says he's almost certain that carbon monoxide poisoning is to blame for the deaths of five people killed in a house fire in Orofino last weekend.Clearwater County Coroner Will Rambeau says smoke inhalation was a lesser...
House explosion prompts fine, procedural change -Damaged gas line led to explosion that killed Topeka woman
Topeka, KS - The Kansas Corporation Commission on Wednesday approved a proposed agreement to fine one company involved in a fatal natural gas explosion and require another company to make changes.Lucinia Lucy Tolliver, 81, died as a result of a natural gas explosion...
3 overcome by carbon monoxide rescued
Keeler Township, MI - Authorities say they rescued an Illinois man and his two children after they apparently were overcome by carbon monoxide in southwestern Michigan.The Van Buren County sheriff's department says it went to a summer cottage in Keeler Township Sunday...
One Man Dead Two Hospitalized From Carbon Monoxide Poisonin
Dekalb County, AL - Dekalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris says that one man is dead and two others are hospitalized after a relative discovered the men unconscious in a home they were renovating in Rainsville. Officials believe that the three succumbed to carbon monoxide...
Tolland school evacuated due to carbon monoxide
Tolland, CT - TOLLAND, Conn. (AP) Tolland High School has been evacuated after carbon monoxide was detected inside the building.State police Lt. J. Paul Vance says they responded along with local authorities Friday morning to a carbon monoxide alarm at the...
Explosion destroys Fond du Lac home
Fond du Lac, WI - One person was injured when a vacant home in Fond du Lac exploded shortly before 5 a.m. Thursday.An elderly next-door neighbor received minor injuries when the duplex at 352 Twilight Trail exploded.Fond du Lac Assistant Police Chief Steve Klein said...
Report: Consumers Energy failed to follow protocol in Royal Oak
Royal Oak, MI- Royal Oak Utility gas crews failed to follow company procedures before a Feb. 27 deadly gas main explosion in Royal Oak, according to an interim report sent to the Michigan Public Service Commission by Consumers Energy.According to a copy of the...