A mother and her young son are afraid to stay in their apartment due to repeated carbon monoxide exposures, according to ABC News. The incident took place in Henrico County, VA. The apartments, called Treehouse Apartments, are refusing her request to move into another apartment. On August 7th, her carbon monoxide detector went off in […]
The Girard United Methodist Church, 401 W. Center St., hosted a Senior Day at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in the church’s Wesley Center. About ten senior citizens attended the event, where they have lunch, visit with each other, and play games. A majority of the attendees were members of the church, but not all of them. […]
The Siekert family felt a little bit sick, but didn’t think it was anything out of the ordinary. It was the family dog, Abby, who alerted the mother to a carbon monoxide leak. Nicole Siekert and her two 5 1/2-year-old twin daughters, Bella and Grace, woke up feeling sick one morning, according to Little Things. […]
About 45 people were brought to the hospital after a carbon monoxide poisoning at a wedding reception in Madison, WI. The reception was evacuated, and Metro bus was the medical staging area for guests who felt sick. The source of the carbon monoxide was a generator that was brought inside to power the band. These […]
We’ve been writing about the carbon monoxide poisoning in Madison, WI for the past several days. Forty-five people were taken to the hospital, according to NBC15 News. The fire department is now investigating code regulations. A generator was brought inside the building, causing the carbon monoxide to increase to dangerous levels. The owners of the […]
The Madison, WI wedding reception that was evacuated due to carbon monoxide resulted in more than two dozen people taken to the hospital. A Metro bus provided a medical staging area for the many guests that were feeling sick. One person fainted due to a generator powering the band that released the toxic gas. It […]
Two people were found dead Wednesday evening in the Northwest suburban Glendale Heights community, likely due to carbon monoxide poisoning. The victims were James and Kathryn McMahon, according to the Chicago Sun Times. Officers and paramedics found the two dead at about 7:15 p.m. in their home in the 0 to 100 block of Blue […]
By Jennifer Ball Every Wednesday night, at the back room of the Girard Library, Cathy Rubemeyer teaches a yoga class. The class starts at 6:00 p.m. and usually has five or six people in attendance. They go from easier to more difficult poses, always ending the last five minutes in “corpse pose,” where students lay […]
In Youngstown, Ohio, there were dangerous levels of carbon monoxide found in an area home, and two were rescued from the home, according to WKBN 27. The police, responding to a 911 call, carried a woman and her landlord from the home. After hearing screams, the police broke down the door and rescued Heather McKenzie, […]
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning on Boat in Havre de Grace, Maryland
The Baltimore Sun reported that two people were taken to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday afternoon. Two boaters called emergency personnel while they were boating in Havre de Grace, a city in Hartford County, MD. A man and woman were transported to the shock trauma center at the hospital in two separate ambulances. […]