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Carbon monoxide poisoning likely to blame in deaths of two found in car
Milwaukee, WI - Carbon monoxide poisoning is believed to be the "probable" cause of death of two 20-year-olds found in a car on 22nd and Keefe Friday morning, according to the medical examiner.Authorities responded to the 3500 block of 22nd Street around 8 a.m. for a...
Several pets killed in house explosion near Galva
McPherson County, KS - Several pets died in a home explosion Wednesday in McPherson County.Galva Fire Chief Wayne Williams says a neighbor reported the explosion just before 5 p.m. in the 1600 block of 24th Avenue, two miles north of Galva.Williams says a propane...
Four Tehachapi residents recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning linked to improper use of generators during power shutoffs
Tehachapi, CA - Health officials said that the recent Public Safety Power Shutoffs caused at least four Tehachapi-area residents, including a pregnant woman, to be hospitalized after they suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning.In a statement from Adventist Health-...
Carbon monoxide likely not behind man’s death
Jacksonville, IL - Authorities say they will have to wait for toxicology reports to help determine what caused the death of a Jacksonville man and resulted in another person at the house being taken to the hospital.Willie G. Traylor, 59, of 102 Richard St. was found...
Officials: 4 kids hospitalized after carbon monoxide exposure in Garner home
Garner, NC - Four children were hospitalized Monday after exposure to carbon monoxide inside of a Garner rental home.Fire rescue crews were alerted of the carbon monoxide threat by staff at WakeMed hospital after the children sought medical attention unaided.The home,...
HFD: Carbon monoxide levels high in apartment where woman died
Henderson, KY - HENDERSON, Ky. (WFIE) - Firefighters detected high levels of carbon monoxide inside of a home after a woman died and two children were found in serious condition.According to the Henderson Fire Department, crews were called around 10 p.m. Saturday to...
South Windsor Parks and Rec building to be closed temporarily following gas explosion
South Windsor, CT - The South Windsor Parks and Recreation building will be closed for repairs and inspection for a few days after a gas explosion Sunday morning, fire officials said.According to the South Windsor Fire Department, nobody was hurt in the...
Oregon officers rescue woman from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning
Oregon, OH - Wellness checks are a frequent call Oregon police officers respond to. But, for patrolmen Kallin St. John and Brandon Gardull, stopping by Karen Smeltzer's home is a check they won't soon forget. It quickly became an eye opening and life saving...
4 family members home after being overcome by carbon monoxide
Shreveport, LA - Four members of a Shreveport family overcome by carbon monoxide Friday morning have been released from the hospital.Firefighters said two adults and two children were taken to Willis Knighton South to be treated after high levels of CO were found in...
Cedar County, Mo. man survives propane heater explosion
Cedar County, MO - Robert Harrington said he was trying to light the propane heater in his shed Tuesday when it exploded in his face.KY3 spoke with Harrington Friday afternoon on his property near Stockton Lake."It was a fireball," Harrington said. "I still will see...
2 killed in home explosion near Wagner
Wagner, SD - Authorities say two people are dead after a home explosion near Wagner.According to the Wagner Police Department, an adult woman and a child died in Wednesday's explosion.The home was located on tribal land at Wagner North Housing just north of town,...
Wife saves husband overcome by carbon monoxide at housing development
Great Falls, MT - Rick Higgins was working on a water storage cistern in the basement of a building at a subdivision he's developing south of Great Falls when his wife, Judy, found him unconscious.I wasn't aware I was asphyxiated by the carbon monoxide, but I could...
2 dead in carbon monoxide incident at home on Detroit’s east side
Detroit, MI - Two people have died in a carbon monoxide incident that occurred in a home on Detroit's east side Monday evening, police say.Officers were called to a home on E. Palmer near Chene for a welfare check on a missing person. They found two people collapsed...
2 sickened by CO poisoning from generators used during Clarksville power outage
Clarksville, TN - Two people were sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning in Montgomery County Monday after using generators in enclosed areas during the power outage.Because carbon monoxide is not visible and is odorless, it is especially dangerous," said Chris...
Carbon monoxide suspected in deaths of man, dog at home near Duluth
Canosia County, MN - Authorities say carbon monoxide poisoning is likely to blame for the death of a man Friday at a home near Duluth.The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office reported that a friend found 54-year-old Michael Steen unresponsive at the home in Canosia...