A Reno, Nev., hotel was evacuated Saturday after several guests got ill from carbon monoxide, according to KTVN-TV. http://www.ktvn.com/story/22226084/elevated-carbon-monoxide-levels-prompt-evacuation-in-downtown-reno The Reno Fire Department was called to the El Cortez Hotel after guests said they felt sick around 3:30 p.m., the TV station reported. The respondents detected high levels of carbon monoxide at the hotel, and […]
A Missouri mother did her family a good deed on Mother’s Day: She saved them from dying of carbon monoxide poisoning. The incident happened in Florissant, Mo., when a mother woke up about 8 a.m. in her home on Stonehaven, according to Fox2Now. It’s unclear exactly how and why from the story, but the woman […]
Two guests were hospitalized Friday night after a carbon monoxide leak at a Lancaster, Pa., hotel, according to Fox 43. http://fox43.com/2013/05/11/carbon-monoxide-leak-at-heritage-hotel-linked-to-malfunctioning-boiler/#axzz2T32dJCDh The incident happened at the Heritage Hotel on Centerville Road. The hotel was evacuated after two guests got sick and had the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, Fox 43 said. The two ill guests […]
The U.S. Army is being sued for $124 million by the families of five people who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a trailer at the Clarksville Speedway in Tennessee, according to The Tennessean. http://www.theleafchronicle.com/viewart/20130501/NEWS01/305010019/ The victims had rented their trailer from an Army RV rental business on Sept. 16, 2011. The next night, the […]
A family in Eau Claire, Wis., was rescued from potentially fatal carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday night, which came from a generator in their basement, according to WEAU-TV. http://www.weau.com/news/headlines/Family-rescued-from-Carbon-Monoxide-poisoning–203517181.html?ref=181 The local fire department was called to a home on Reserve Street, where two children had already exited and were standing with their grandmother, WEAU reported. The […]
A Pennsylvania man apparently bent on committing suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning also managed to kill his wife and two daughters in the process Monday, according to Philly.com. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130417_Four_dead_of_apparent_carbon_monoxide_poisoning_in_Bucks.html Gary Reitnauer, of the Bucks County town of Milford Township, killed himself by leaving his car running in the family’s garage. He broke the latch on […]
A woman worried about the welfare of her husband and two sons when she didn’t hear from them may have saved their lives from carbon monoxide poisoning with a phone call, according to WSBT-TV. http://www.wsbt.com/news/wsbt-wife-saves-husband-and-sons-from-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-with-phone-call-20130415,0,7113130.story The woman, who was in Illinois, grew concerned Sunday when she had not heard from her family in Keeler Township, […]
I write about carbon monoxide poisoning and the necessity for carbon monoxide detectors in this blog, but I’m going to digress and talk about smoke alarms. That’s because while most people think they are safe with just one type of smoke detector, the frightening truth is that they aren’t. The NBC show “Dateline” recently did […]
Dozens of patrons at an Ohio bowling alley were evacuated and treated for carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday, according to The Akron Beacon Journal. http://www.firehouse.com/news/10915452/dozens-sickened-in-co-incident-at-ohio-bowling-alley Firefighters were called to Sto-Kent Family Entertainment, a bowling alley in Stow, Ohio, shortly before noon after a woman passed out there, the newspaper reported. She was a member of the […]
My belief that MTV reality TV star Shain Gandee’s death may prove to be a teachable moment Wednesday got a boost, when The Huffington Post called to interview me about carbon monoxide fatalities. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/shain-gandee-death-mudding_n_3003390.html The Huffington Post asked me about the demise of Gandee, who was featured on “Buckwild,” and two other men when they […]