Date: 10/22/2008 1:43 PM By JEFF KAROUBAssociated Press Writer HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) _ Fire killed a woman and three children in one home early Wednesday and spread to four other houses, three of them vacant, fire and city officials said. Space heaters used to warm the victims’ home may have caused the blaze, fire […]
Date: 10/21/2008 10:44 PM By NIGEL DUARAAssociated Press Writer IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) _ The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday questioned a TV station’s findings of high formaldehyde levels in agency-issued trailers and said the lifestyles and habits of the flood victims living in the trailers may be to blame. Government tests have shown […]
Date: 10/14/2008 4:54 PM By THOMAS J. SHEERANAssociated Press Writer CLEVELAND (AP) _ A man indicted this month on charges of setting a fire that killed a woman and eight children at a birthday sleepover said he would never do anything to harm a child, and that he felt the same pain as relatives of […]
The recall involves Effikal RVGP-PC Gas Vent Damper size 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 which are installed with the gas boiler systems listed below. The vent damper date code is located on a sticker under the motor assembly cap on the plastic base. Serial numbers are located on a label on the […]
Date: 10/8/2008 2:28 PM By TIM HUBERAP Business Writer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A coal company belonging to Bob Murray, the mine owner who entered the national spotlight last year when nine people died in a Utah mine, was fined $1.46 million Wednesday by federal regulators for safety violations at an Illinois operation. Murray Energy’s Galatia […]
Facts about carbon monoxide poisoning: Most signs and symptoms of CO exposure are nonspecific (e.g., headache or nausea) and can be mistakenly attributed to other causes, such as viral illnesses. Undetected or unsuspected CO exposure can result in death. – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report The true incidence of CO poisoning is not known, since […]
Date: 10/4/2008 1:58 PM By MONICA RHORAssociated Press Writer GALVESTON, Texas (AP) _ The final hours brought the awful realization to victims of Hurricane Ike that they had waited too long. This storm wasn’t like the others, the ones that left nothing worse than a harrowing tale to tell. George Helmond, a hardy Galveston salt, […]
Date: 10/1/2008 6:10 PM By THOMAS J. SHEERAN CLEVELAND (AP) _ A man already in prison on drug and weapons charges was indicted Wednesday in a 2005 house fire that killed nine people, including eight children at a birthday sleepover. Antun Lewis, 24, of Cleveland, was charged with arson in the house fire in May […]
Date: 9/24/2008 8:06 PM ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) _ A Paraguayan court convicted an architect of negligence Wednesday and sentenced him to two years in prison for faulty construction of a supermarket where 420 people died in a fire. The three-judge panel that convicted Bernardo Ismachowiez, 53, found that he was responsible for defective design and […]
Three campers’ family event became tragic when they were exposed to carbon monoxide fumes while relaxing inside their camper which was mounted on the bed of the family pick-up truck. Faulty air conditioner wires are believed to have caused toxic fumes to be released into the camper. For information on this story please see:http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/aug/06/carbon-monoxide-suspected-deaths-three-illinois-re/ It […]