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Child, Adult Hospitalized in D.C. for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Washington, DC - One adult and one child have been taken to a hospital after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in a northwest home Monday afternoon.D.C. Fire responded to a call in the 1100 block of 1st Place NW around 1:10 p.m. on Monday.The adult was taken to...
Carbon monoxide poisoning puts five people in the hospital
Poughkeepsie, NY - Tom Costa checked out his Harrison Street rental property Thursday morning, only hours after the home is tagged inhabitable.Five people were transported to area hospitals with carbon monoxide poisoning.Poughkeepsie Fire Department Chief Mark Johnson...
City Firefighters Respond To Carbon Monoxide Leak
Baltimore, MD - BALTIMORE (WJZ) Eight people are being treated at the hospital, after breathing high levels of carbon monoxide.Firefighters picked up four adults and four childrencomplaining of headaches at a home in the 4600 block of Kernwood Avenue.Tests revealed...
9 people sent to hospital after carbon monoxide leak found in Tamaqua
Tamaqua, PA - A carbon monoxide leak in an apartment building sent nine people to the hospital in Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co., on Wednesday.Officials said a malfunctioning gas-powered steam unit was leaking carbon monoxide in a building in the 300 blcok of West Broad...
Generator fumes may have killed 88-year-old Delaware Township woman
Delaware Township, NJ - An 88-year-old Delaware Township woman woman was found dead in her home Saturday, possibly the result of carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator, officials said today.An electric generator was being operated in an enclosed three-season porch...
Generator safety urged after deaths, fire, illnesses in N.J.
Hunterdon County, NJ - Emergency officials all over are urging people to be careful in using generators to power their homes left powerless by Hurricane Sandy. That's because the engines produce carbon monoxide, a colorless, odorless gas that can kill.Carbon monoxide...
Carbon Monoxide Deaths: Generators Cause At Least Nine Fatal Poisonings After Hurricane Sandy
New York, NY - As many struggle to get by without power on the East Coast following Hurricane Sandy, some are turning to portable generators to provide basic electricity to their homes. While these devices have provided some much-needed power for the hardest hit...
Wake Up Your Children. Open All the Windows.’ The Dangers of Carbon Monoxide
New York, NY - I've been complaining for months that my new neighbor's cigarette smoke is going to kill me, so when our carbon monoxide alarm went off the other night at 10:30, I carried it out to my husband and, waving it angrily. See? See? It's so bad, it's even...
5 Ocala residents suffer carbon monoxide poisoning
Ocala, FL- OCALA, Fla. -- Authorities say five people have been sent to the hospital after being overcome by fumes while using a generator inside their house in Ocala.Ocala Fire Rescue spokesman Brian Stoothoff told the Ocala Star-Banner that everyone in the house was...
Sandy Claims Another Life In Carbon Monoxide Death
Penn Forest Township, PA - Another death is being blamed on Sandy, this time in Carbon County.Three adults and a child were taken to the hospital late Tuesday afternoon after emergency officials say a generator running in their garage filled the home with carbon...