Thank God for all the boyfriends and dogs that have saved their loved ones from perishing from carbon monoxide poisoning. In the latest example, a young Illinois man saved his girlfriend, her family and her dog from certain death in Antioch early Monday morning, according to the Lake County News-Sun. http://newssun.suntimes.com/news/18467473-418/antioch-family-overcome-by-carbon-monoxide-poisoning.html Earlier in the night […]
Last week two people died of carbon monoxide in Fresno, Calif., part of a surge of such poisoning cases during the cool weather in the valley, according to KFSN-TV. http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/health&id=8970131 Andre Benoit and Michal McClosky were carbon monoxide fatalities after they used a generator inside a warehouse, according to the TV station. Another woman was […]
After this weekend’s snow storm, the governor of Connecticut warned residents to be careful about unblocking vents on their houses and properly venting generators to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning. Too bad the governor of Massachusetts didn’t issue similar advisories. Two people in that state, including an 11-year-old boy, died of carbon monoxide when snow covered […]
A former pilot, who suffered traumatic brain injury from carbon monoxide poisoning at an Embassy Suites hotel in California, has filed over the incident, according to Inside Bay Area’s website. http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22397707/carbon-monoxide-leak-at-burlingame-hotel-caused-brain California has a carbon monoxide detector law that could have prevented the man’s injuries. But, after lobbying by the hotel industry, that law won’t […]
Kudos to Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, whose Nutmeg State was slammed by the snow storm that hit the East Coast Friday. Parts of Connecticut got as much as 40 inches of snow, and the governor had ordered a travel ban in the state. During a press conference Saturday morning, Malloy also offered some safety tips […]
A word to the wise for hotel owners: Why don’t you just install carbon monoxide detectors, whether the law requires you to or not? In the latest incident involving a carbon monoxide leak at a hotel, on Wednesday more than 70 people had to be evacuated from a Virginia Beach, Va., hotel because of this […]
Five members of a Virginia family suffered carbon monoxide poisoning when a damaged furnace leaked the gas into their home Sunday, according to WRIC.com. Two were hospitalized. http://www.wric.com/story/20947530/family-sicked-by The incident happened in Henrico, Va. The county fire department was called to the scene after a report of a fall in a residence on Croydon Road, […]
Two women died of carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday after a leak of the lethal gas in their West Rogers Park apartment building in Chicago, according NBC. Authorities are blaming too few CO detectors for the tragedy. http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/2-Dead-After-Apparent-Carbon-Monoxide-Leak–188648511.html#ixzz2JIm3zI6i The victims were Rasheeda Akhter, 77, and Zanib Ahmed, 18. Firefighters responded to West North Shore Avenue at […]
Chalk up another canine rescue of its owner from carbon monoxide poisoning. In fact, it almost seems like dogs have become living detectors of the potentially lethal, ordorless gas. In the latest case, Boston terrier Kayla warned her owner Christy Williamson about the looming danger, according to LifeWithDogs.TV. http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/2013/01/dog-saves-owner-from-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-just-in-time/ Someone, apparently a neighbor, had left […]
Marine Carbon-Monoxide Death Sparks Suit
The family of a young Marine who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his girlfriend’s apartment in Meridian, Idaho, has filed a lawsuit over his death, according to KTVB-TV. http://www.ktvb.com/home/Lawsuit-filed-on-behalf-of-Marine-who-died-at-Meridian-apartment-complex-196166001.html McQuen Forbush, 18, died in November of the lethal gas, which leaked from a water heater at the apartment complex. Now his family is suing […]