Missing Carbon Monoxide Alarm Results in $3.25 Million Judgment
In The NewsTenant Awarded $3.25 Million for Carbon Monoxide Alarm Violation
Failure to Install a carbon monoxide alarm in a rental property has resulted in a $3.25 Judgment against a Stevens Point Landlord, Pamalla Schneider in a March jury trial in Portage…
Study: 9/11 lung problems persist years later
In The NewsDate: 2/5/2009By AMY WESTFELDTAssociated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Researchers tracking Sept. 11 responders who became ill after working at the World Trade Center site found many had lung problems years later in a study the authors said…
Carbon Monoxide and Pets
In The NewsIt is very sobering to realize how many people are affected by carbon monoxide every year. These incidents always go up during natural disasters or power outages, like the one affecting so many right now.As much as we hear about carbon monoxide…
Power's return could take weeks in Ky., Ark.
In The NewsDate: 1/29/2009By KRISTIN M. HALLAssociated Press WriterPADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — Storm-battered residents of several states hunkered down in frigid homes and shelters Thursday, expecting to spend at least a week without power and waiting in long…
Trial begins for man accused in deadly Calif. fire
In The NewsDate: 1/23/2009By GREG RISLINGAssociated Press WriterRIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A prosecutor said Thursday that an auto mechanic was "a man bent on destruction" who ignited a wildfire that killed five U.S. Forest Service firefighters in 2006.In…
Mass. woman charged in fatal '99 fire faces trial
In The NewsDate: 1/12/2009By DENISE LAVOIEAssociated Press WriterBOSTON (AP) — For nearly a decade, Kathleen Hilton has been in jail, though she's been convicted of nothing.Prosecutors say the grandmother set a fire that killed five people, including…
Wash. woman dies; carbon monoxide found
In The NewsJanuary 6, 2009THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDENVER -- Investigators say a boiler vent damaged during a recent windstorm may have led to the high levels of carbon monoxide that left one college student dead.Denver's Chief Deputy Coroner Michelle Weiss-Samaras…
7 killed in Philadelphia fire
In The NewsDate: 12/28/2008 7:52 AMBy KATHY MATHESONAssociated Press WriterPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dozens of Liberian immigrants mourned Saturday at a house where seven members of their community died in a fire that a survivor said started when a kerosene…
65 children sickened by carbon monoxide in China
In The NewsDate: 12/25/2008 7:29 AMBEIJING (AP) — Sixty-five elementary school students in northern China were poisoned by carbon monoxide after smoke from a dormitory boiler seeped into their rooms, state media reported Thursday.Nineteen were still…
Carbon monoxide sends 29 to Wash. state hospital
In The NewsDate: 12/16/2008 11:00 PMBC-Carbon Monoxide,2nd Ld-Writethru/221BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Nearly 30 people at a seafood business were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning, officials said Tuesday.Bellingham Fire Chief Bill Boyd said they…
Mom charged in Ky. fire that killed her 2 children
In The NewsDate: 11/18/2008By KRISTIN M. HALLAssociated Press WriterA soldier's wife has been charged with setting a fire at their Kentucky Army base home that killed her two young children.Billi Jo Smallwood, 35, also faces a federal charge of attempting…