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…
FEMA disputes formaldehyde study of Iowa trailers
In The NewsDate: 10/21/2008 10:44 PMBy NIGEL DUARAAssociated Press WriterIOWA 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…
Man accused of 9 Ohio fire deaths claims innocence
In The NewsDate: 10/14/2008 4:54 PMBy THOMAS J. SHEERANAssociated Press WriterCLEVELAND (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…
Gas Vent Dampers Recalled by Effikal Due to Carbon Monoxide Hazard
In The NewsThe 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.…
Another Murray mine fined for safety violations
In The NewsDate: 10/8/2008 2:28 PMBy TIM HUBERAP Business WriterCHARLESTON, 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…
Carbon Monoxide: The statistical data
In The NewsFacts 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…
Islanders who insisted on staying died in Ike
In The NewsDate: 10/4/2008 1:58 PMBy MONICA RHORAssociated Press WriterGALVESTON, 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…
Man indicted in Ohio house fire that killed 9
In The NewsDate: 10/1/2008 6:10 PMBy THOMAS J. SHEERANCLEVELAND (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,…
Paraguay architect sentenced in deadly market fire
In The NewsDate: 9/24/2008 8:06 PMASUNCION, 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…
Another Camping Carbon Monoxide Tragedy
In The NewsThree 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…
2 die in New York City apartment fire
In The NewsDate: 8/10/2008 10:22 AMBC-NY-Deadly Fire/104Eds: APNewsNow.NEW YORK (AP) _ Firefighters and residents say an apartment fire in New York City has killed a woman and her adult son and sent neighbors running to the roof to escape.The blaze erupted…