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Officials: Woman and small child hospitalized after carbon monoxide incident in DC
Washington, DC - A woman and small child were hospitalized after high readings of carbon monoxide were found in a building in D.C. Thursday morning, according to authorities.The D.C. Fire Department says they were called to the the 200 block 56th Place, NE. The woman...
Temple: Carbon monoxide sends 2 hotel guests to local hospital
Temple, TX- A carbon monoxide leak early Thursday at a Temple hotel sent two guests to a local hospital.Temple Fire & Rescue units responded to a medical call at around 6:10 a.m. Thursday to the Hilton Garden Inn at 1749 Scott Blvd. and found two guests in a room...
Woman Dies Days After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Chatham, MA - A Massachusetts woman who was poisoned in her home by carbon monoxide has died.The Cape Cod Times reports that 91-year-old Nancy Olson was a regular at the Chatham Council on Aging. Officials said Wednesday council staff alerted police after she didn't...
House explosion investigation closed
Lima, OH - The investigation into the house explosion that occurred Oct. 23 at 4230 Slabtown Road, Lima, injuring homeowners, James and Frances Mauk, has been completed.Assistant State Fire Marshal Scott R. Gelbaugh, has ruled the home explosion as accidental and has...
Manchester condo resident falls sick from carbon monoxide
Manchester, NH - A resident of Park View Hills Condominiums suffered carbon-monoxide poisoning, the Manchester Fire Department said.A high level of carbon monoxide was limited to the resident's single unit on the third floor of 385 Huse Road, said District Fire Chief...
Carbon monoxide triggers evacuations in Williston
Williston, VT - A carbon monoxide leak forced Williston residents out of their apartments Monday.First responders are investigating what caused what they're calling significantly high levels of the gas.Williston Fire says a resident of the building on Seymour Street...
Roane County couple dies of suspected Carbon Monoxide poisoning
Roane County, WV - Police say carbon monoxide poisoning likely killed an elderly couple on Friday in Roane County.West Virginia State Police identified the victims as John Hassapolis, 85, and Virginia Mogan, 81, who died in their home on Parkersburg Road in...
7 taken to hospitals after being overcome by carbon monoxide
Arnold, PA - Seven people were taken to hospitals late Thursday night after they were overcome by carbon monoxide at a home in Arnold, officials said.The incident was reported about 11:30 p.m. at the home on Constitution Boulevard.A deputy fire chief said the people...
Elderly man dies from carbon monoxide poisoning in San Francisco home
San Francisco, CA - An elderly man died and several other people were affected by apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at a residential building in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood early Thursday, a fire department spokesman said.Firefighters responded at...
Local man treated in Greenwood for carbon monoxide poisoning
Greenwood, IN - Three people were taken to the hospital to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after being found unconscious in a Greenwood home where they had been working.Two men told police that when they showed up to a home in the 100 block of Pine Crest...
Woman Suffers Carbon Monoxide Poisoning At Home
Chatham, MD - A Crowell Road resident is clinging to life after being exposed to deadly carbon monoxide in her home Monday.Officials received a call Monday morning from two women at the senior center reporting that their friend, 91-year-old Nancy Olson, hadn't shown...
Coroner identifies woman from Kettering house explosion
Kettering, OH - One person is dead after a house exploded in Kettering early Tuesday morning.The Montgomery County Coroner confirms a 58-year-old Darlene Baumgardner died in the house fire.Officers said they believe the woman was the only person in the house at the...
House Explosion In Lochearn Is 2nd In 2 Days For Baltimore County
Lochearn, MD - Baltimore County Fire crews responded to an explosion that demolished a home in Lochearn Tuesday afternoon, just one day after a similar house explosion in the Baltimore Highlands.Firefighters were on the scene just after 2 p.m. Tuesday, in the 7400...
Carbon monoxide cleared East Side restaurant, Madison Fire says
Madison, WI - A carbon monoxide leak at an East Side restaurant forced the evacuation of the business Saturday afternoon, but customers were back inside less than an hour later.Madison Fire Department firefighters were called to That BBQ Joint, 901 Williamson St., at...
Harrison man, 90, dies from carbon monoxide poisoning
Harrison, NY - HARRISON - A 90-year-old man died from carbon monoxide poisoning after he accidentally left his car running in his garage on Sunday night, police said.This morning John Buonsante was found dead in a chair in his first-floor living room at 17 New Haven...