It doesn’t get much worse than this: Three girls and their two grandparents were killed in a Christmas Day fire in Stamford, Conn. But some good may come out of that tragic situation. Connecticut now has a bill, prompted by that Christmas horror, that requires residential buildings to have both carbon monoxide detectors and smoke […]
Here’s a law that I’d like to see instituted in more states. On Wednesday Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill into law that mandates that recreational vehicles that are rented out must have carbon monoxide detectors, WRIR-TV’s website reported. http://www.wbir.com/news/article/211032/2/Gov-passes-law-requiring-carbon-monoxide-detectors-in-rental-RVs That law represents a smart government response to a tragedy last year, when five […]
The survivors of a Tampa woman who died of carbon monoxide poisoning last year are suing her apartment building owner, its architect and the person who left his car running in its garage, according to Tampa Bay Online. http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2012/mar/11/5/memeto2-family-files-civil-suit-in-womans-death-ar-367890/ The civil lawsuit stems from the death of Rebecca Hawk, who was a 23-year-old child-protection investigator […]
One man was killed and two others were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning Saturday in a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pa., according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12070/1215854-55.stm The victims were discovered when police in Baldwin Borough got a call at about 10 p.m. about a car left running in a garage. The fatality, John Stephenson, 87, […]
Beware: A keyless-car ignition is once again being blamed for carbon-monoxide poisoning fatalities. And people are suing automakers over the issue. Last weekend in Boca Raton, Fla., elderly Adele Ridless and Mort Victor were found dead in the bedroom of their home, apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning when they left their car running, according […]
Two West Virginia motels were evacuated and shut down Wednesday because they posed a threat of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to WSAZ-TV’s website. http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/141774083.html The American Inn and the Budget Inn in Hurricane, West Va., were ordered closed following a routine fire inspection Wednesday morning, according to Hurricane Fire Chief Frank Stover. The two motels […]
Eight people were evacuated from their home in Connecticut Saturday night for apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the local NBC station. http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Eight-People-Exposed-to-Carbon-Monoxide-Poisoning-in-New-Haven-139660543.html Fire and gas company officials responded to the home on Ferry Street in New Haven around 11 p.m. They determined that there were dangerous levels of the potentially lethal gas […]
A guest at a West Virginia hotel died of carbon monoxide poisoning this week, and his demise has prompted the local mayor to try to take action. He wants to require that all lodgings in his city install carbon monoxide detectors. But this tragedy is not only a lesson for him, but for states across the nation. Tuesday construction worker William Moran, a […]
A carbon monoxide leak in a Baltimore apartment resulted in seven people being sent to the hospital Sunday, according to The Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/breaking/bs-md-carbon-monoxide-20120129,0,6184580.story The Baltimore Fire Department was called to the scene, an apartment on Edgewood Road, when someone reported an odor in the building. Residents said they had headaches, and authorities determined that the carbon […]
A leak from a forklift Thursday led to 13 employees at Chippewa Bi Products in Wisconsin being sent to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning, according to WQOW-TV. The incident took place at the rendering facility near Alma Center. http://www.wqow.com/story/16609083/10-employees-hospitalized-following-possible-co-poisoning The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release that said it got a call asking that […]