An autopsy has determined that a Eau Claire, Wis., woman found in her home after a fire died of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Leader-Telegram. http://www.leadertelegram.com/news/front_page/article_910ca61c-0ddb-11e2-aab9-001a4bcf887a.html Cheryl Lechner, 47, was discovered in the basement of her house at East Hamilton Avenue when firefighters responded to the scene about 1:30 p.m. Monday. She couldn’t be […]
Tiger is a life saver. Rod and Michelle Ramsey are crediting their pet cat Tiger with alerting them to the fact that their home was filling up with lethal carbon monoxide, according to The Mansfield News Journal. Carbon monoxide is odorless and colorless. http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20120925/NEWS01/209250304/Cat-saves-couple-from-carbon-monoxide?odyssey=mod|newswell|text||s The Ramseys live on a farm in Williamsport, Ohio, and last […]
A carbon monoxide leak sent 18 workers at a Trader Joe’s warehouse in Pennsylvania to the hospital Sunday morning, for evaluation, according to the The Morning Call of Lehigh Valley. http://articles.mcall.com/2012-09-23/news/mc-east-allen-trader-joes-emergency-20120923-15_1_carbon-monoxide-warehouse-workers-exposure The incident took place in rural East Allen Township, in a warehouse where responders discovered dangerous levels of carbon monoxide in an area where […]
Nearly 20 people were evacuated from a Phoenix apartment building Saturday night when carbon monoxide from a car left running in a garage infiltrated the complex, according to MyFoxPhoenix.com. http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/19557459/running-car-fills-phx-condos-with-carbon-monoxide Four of the 18 people evacuated from the Los Colinas condos near 27th Street and Carefree Highway were sent to the hospital. Another three residents […]
A family of six in Oregon suffered carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday when their vented wood stove spewed out the deadly gas, according to OregonLive.com. http://www.oregonlive.com/milwaukie/index.ssf/2012/09/milwaukie-area_family_survived.html The home on Southeast Stanley Place in Milwaukie had an improperly vented stove, which caused the problem. The family had started a fire in the stove for the first time […]
Over Labor Day weekend nine siblings were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning in Arkansas after a gasoline generator in their RV leaked the lethal gas, according to the Carroll County News. http://www.carrollconews.com/story/1890342.html The family with the nine children was driving near Osage, Ark., when the incident occurred on Monday night. The parents called for help […]
At least 37 miners were killed in China’s worst mine accident in recent years, with the workers felled by carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Associated Press. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-08-31/death-toll-rises-to-37-in-china-mine-blast The explosion at the coal mine in Xiaojiawan, in the province of Sichuan, on Wednesday is the worse since November 2009, when 108 workers were killed in […]
About 50 people were evacuated from a Holiday Inn Express in Maryland early Monday morning because of an apparent carbon monoxide leak, according to Patch.com. http://elkridge.patch.com/articles/carbon-monoxide-levels-spike-at-elkridge-hotel The hotel, located on Marshalee Drive in Elkridge, had high levels of carbon monoxide, according to responders from the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services. Guests were […]
An northern Ohio family that suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning is suing the company that it alleges improperly put in its new furnace, according to The News Herald. http://news-herald.com/articles/2012/08/13/news/doc502943e54e1c6914516191.txt?viewmode=fullstory The lawsuit was filed by Denise and Patrick Eustace of Mentor, Ohio, against Anderson Heating-Cooling Inc., which is also based in Mentor. The action was filed […]
A recent study has found that an anti-angina drug may prevent the fatal heart arrhythmia that is caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, according to MedicalXpress.com. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-anti-angina-drug-effects-carbon-monoxide.html The research was done by an international team of scientists, headed by the University of Leeds in England. The story pointed out that many patients who’ve been exposed to […]