Two people were discovered dead Thursday inside a Walmouth County, Wis., home of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/106740908.html The electricty inside the house in the village of Darien had been disconnected and there was a gas generator found by police. Police came to the house Thursday afternoon and found the two bodies as well as those […]
After emergency crews were called to the scene Thursday 18 people were hospitalized after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide at the Arrow Carton Co. in Richfield, Wis. http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-110410-co-incident-richfield,0,3948402.photogallery Workers were complaining of headaches and were taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure. According to press reports, the carbon monoxide level at the Arrow facility […]
A Pennsylvania man killed his two young daughters through carbon monoxide poisoning and then committed suicide by the same means, according to the Associated Press. http://www.ldnews.com/news/ci_16491488 The bodies of all three were discovered in a vehicle that was parked on a mountain road in Chambersburg, Pa. Conway Ashley Weller, 24, apparently took his own life […]
An elderly couple in Bloomfield, Ind., was killed by accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Greene County coroner. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/10/fatal_accident_on_nj_turnpike.html James and Cora Elizabeth Letsinger, both 90 years old, were discovered dead in their home on Tuesday. The couple attended an event on Sunday night and when they came home, they were likely tired and forgot […]
About 800 workers at a cosmetics building in New Jersey were evacuated Thursday due to high levels of carbon monoxide. http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_jersey/carbon-monoxide-evacuation-in-holmdel-20101015-apx Initially five employees at Cosmetics Essence in Holmdel went out of the building sick, and they went to a local First Aid station. That prompted firefighters to go to the building and see if there […]
This is why you need carbon monoxide detectors. Five family members, one incapacitated by carbon monoxide poisoning, were rescued from their home in Sidney Township, Mich., Thursday by local sheriff’s officers. http://www.sentinel-standard.com/newsnow/x829118347/Carbon-monoxide-poisoning-in-Montcalm-County Firefighters and paramedics arrived at the home and treated Blake Hollenbeck, 45, who was incapacitated by the fumes. He had been discovered by his daughter […]
About 100 people were rousted from a large Minneapolis condominium building Monday night after a carbon monoxide scare. Better safe than sorry, despite the inconvenience, as far as this attorney is concerned. http://www.startribune.com/local/104338633.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUg7Kk8P3iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs# Firefighters at 11:30 p.m. Monday night responded to Minnehaha Place, located at Minnehaha Avenue S. and 53rd Street, after a carbon monoxide detector went […]
This is the most deadly carbon monoxide case I’ve heard of recently. Four men were found dead Tuesday morning in a van outside Wichita, Kan., apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning. http://www.kansas.com/2010/10/05/1527852/four-men-found-dead-at-santa-fe.html The four victims were discovered at Santa Fe Lake in their 15-passenger van by a park attendant, according to The Wichita Eagle. At first the attendant thought […]
A California couple, long-distance truckers who allege they suffered carbon monoxide poisoning, are suing five companies that they blame their illness on. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700070937/California-couple-files-suit-in-carbon-monoxide-poisoning.html M. Jeffrey Barger and Martha Cervantes allege negligence, claiming that four Salt Lake City and one Colorado company failed to properly fix the rig they were driving. They filed suit in the 3rd District Court in Salt Lake City […]
A 25-year-old soldier and a woman died of carbon monoxide poisoning last Sunday at his duplex in Manhattan, Kan., according to the Army Times. http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/09/ap-soldier-is-carbon-monoxide-victim-093010/ Specialist Jamie Elliott of Columbia, Md., a solider at Fort Riley, and Lashawn Michael Veal, a 22-year-old civilian, were killed Sunday by the dangerous gas. Another soldier, Corporal Maria Hightower, 22, of Chicago was rescued from the […]