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Carbon Monoxide Leak at Chicago Church Sends 12 to Hospitals

CHICAGO (AP) – Twelve people were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide leak at a church on Chicago’s South Side, fire officials said. The Chicago Fire Department said that just after 1 p.m. it was called to the New Philadelphia Church …

Kids, Staff Sickened by Carbon Monoxide Leak at Pennsylvania Day Care Center

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A malfunctioning heater sent a dangerously high level of carbon monoxide into a Pennsylvania day care center early Tuesday, sickening dozens of children — some of whom were unconscious as they were rushed to the hospital …

Wisconsin Warehouse Workers Sickened by Carbon Monoxide

Fire officials in Fond du Lac, Wis., say a carbon monoxide leak sickened workers on July 27 at a Quality Packaging warehouse. Crews were sent around 2:30 p.m. on a report of a possible carbon monoxide leak and workers feeling …

Carbon Monoxide Leak Sickens 32 People in New York City

A carbon monoxide leak in a building three blocks from the World Trade Center sickened 32 people and raised alarm that shuttered several busy blocks in lower Manhattan at the start of the workday Tuesday, authorities said. The problem ultimately …

Carbon Monoxide Leak in Michigan Hotel Kills Child, Sickens Others

Authorities say a carbon monoxide leak at a southwestern Michigan hotel has killed a child and sickened about a dozen other people, including other children and several police officers. WNDU-TV and WSBT-TV report that officials at Lakeland Hospital in Niles …

Carbon Monoxide Sickens 30 at North Carolina Restaurant

More than two dozen people were treated by paramedics after showing symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning at the River Ridge Tap House restaurant in Clemmons, N.C. Forsyth County EMS tells local media that about 30 people who visited the restaurant …

10 Automakers Sued Over Claims of Deadly Fumes from Keyless Ignitions

Ten of the world’s biggest automakers were sued on Wednesday by consumers who claim they concealed the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning in more than 5 million vehicles equipped with keyless ignitions, leading to 13 deaths. According to the complaint …

Faulty Pipe Led to Deadly Carbon Monoxide Leak in N.Y. Mall, Official Says

A faulty water heater flue pipe caused the carbon monoxide leak that killed a New York restaurant manager and sent more than two dozen people to hospitals, a fire official said. Huntington Chief Fire Marshal Terence McNally said the fumes …

Officials Investigating Deadly Carbon Monoxide Leak at N.Y. Mall

Officials investigating a carbon monoxide leak at a New York mall are concentrating on the heating system of a restaurant there. A manager at Legal Sea Foods restaurant died and more than two dozen others were sent to hospitals following …