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Dozens Exposed To Carbon Monoxide At Robertson Co. School
Robertson County, TN - Approximately 60 students have been sickened from exposure to carbon monoxide at a school in Robertson County.Jim Bellis with Robertson County Schools said the exposure affected students at Jo Byrns High School in Cedar Hill.He said the gas...
Carbon monoxide levels send 9 to hospital
St. Cloud, MN - Elevated carbon monoxide levels at a St. Cloud State University sorority house sent nine people to the hospital early Wednesday.The house at 611 Eighth Ave. S had to be evacuated until the source of the problem was fixed. The people in the house at the...
Beach hotel evacuated because of carbon monoxide leak
Virginia Beach, VA - More than 70 people were evacuated from a Va. Beach hotel because of a carbon monoxide leak.The guests and employees at Home Wood Suites on Cleveland Street were moved to a nearby hotel after firefighters arrived around 10:00 p.m....
Lewiston Fire Dept. confirm carbon monoxide leak in apartment
Lewiston, ID - Carbon monoxide, it's silent, deadly and you can't even tell if it's in your house.A local mother and her daughter got physically ill, all because of a leak that they didn't know about. Rheny Hayden of Lewiston always keeps her windows open, even on the...
City of Atlanta mandates CO detectors for public buildings
Atlanta, GA - The Atlanta City Council approved a measure that makes it mandatory for all public buildings to use carbon monoxide detectors.Councilmembers pushed to pass the legislation following the carbon monoxide scare at Finch Elementary School in 2012."This...
Chilton women’s death in ice shanty linked to carbon monoxide poisoning
Chilton, WI - A 31-year-old Chilton woman found dead Saturday in an ice shanty on Lake Winnebago died from carbon monoxide poisoning, an autopsy revealed.Sara B. Meyer and Travis A. Duchow, 37, of Chilton, were found unresponsive around 4 p.m. in a shanty about a...
Manchester Stores Evacuated in Carbon Monoxide Scare
Manchester, CT - Three stores in Manchester were evacuated due to possibly elevated levels of carbon monoxide Tuesday afternoon.Firefighters responded to the Big Lots at 1470 Pleasant Valley Road shortly before 3:30 p.m. The store was evacuated as a precaution.An...
Gas leak sends two to hospital; Carbon monoxide traced to Henrico home’s furnace
Henrico County, VA-A carbon monoxide leak inside an eastern Henrico County home sent two people to the hospital Sunday morning.Henrico fire units responded to a call from a home in the 3600 block of Croydon Road around 10:14 a.m. to find a 34-year-old woman in a...
W. Pa. woman likely died drying clothes with oven
Monessen, PA - A coroner say a 78-year-old southwestern Pennsylvania woman has apparently died of carbon monoxide poisoning from using her gas oven to dry clothes in her apartment.The Westmoreland County coroner's office says Sandra Trolio was found dead in her...
3 Hospitalized Due to Carbon Monoxide
Hewlett Neck, NY - The Woodmere Fire Department on Sunday found three people overcome by carbon monoxide in a Dolphin Drive home in Hewlett Neck.A mother, along with her two children, ages 1 and 2, were transported by Woodmere FD EMS to the hospital with non-life...