December 20, 2011

“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.” Buddha (563 BC-483 BC)

In brief: Two found dead in mobile home due to fumes
DeSoto Appeal
A Tate County man and woman who used a portable heater to keep warm in a mobile home without electricity apparently died Sunday from carbon monoxide poisoning. Bryan K. Geeslin and Lisa C. Farrow, both 45, of Independence, Miss., were discovered about ...

Last Year's Present Saves Family From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
FOX2now.com
A Chesterfield family is thankful to be alive after a carbon monoxide detector woke them up in the middle of the night. 'We knew we had to get the kids out of the house so we went ahead and got them out,' said Suzanne Slagle. She and her husband, ...

Carbon monoxide poisoning sends 3 residents of Locust Street duplex in ...
MassLive.com By George Graham, The Republican Dennis Leger 
Springfield Firefighters work the scene of carbon monoxide call that sent three people to the hospital. “Carbon monoxide as high as 247 part-per-million was detected inside 7 Locust St., Leger said. Carbon monoxide at 35 parts-per-million prompts emergency personnel to evacuate the premises and symptoms - including nausea, headache, lethargy - typically begin to appear at 100 parts…”

Firefighters find carbon monoxide in Chesterfield home
STLtoday.com
Monarch Fire Protection District firefighters responded to a call on a carbon monoxide detector showing high readings on Dec. 17 in a Chesterfield home. Fire Marshal Roger Herin said responders to the call at about 3 am found carbon monoxide readings ...

Family Saved from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
WETM-TV
New York State Police said around 1:00 pm Sunday, a home at 6797 Butts Road in the Town of Prattsburg filled with carbon monoxide. Troopers said Joy and Bernard Mark's daughter came home from a friend's house to find her family unconscious; ...

Carbon monoxide calls up in season
Coldwater Daily Reporter By Roland Stoy
LifeCare, the county ambulance service, is getting some carbon monoxide calls with the winter weather season underway. Tim Miner of Branch County Emergency Management told commissioners at the monthly meeting of the sheriff's and public ...

Kansas officials warn of carbon monoxide poisoning
KWCH Kansas officials are warning people about the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) and advising people to install a CO detector in their home. With colder weather, comes an increase in the number of fuel-burning appliances being used in the home. ...

Father and two children die of carbon monoxide poisoning in Sligo
Daily Mail
Although further toxicology tests have to be carried out, it appears that carbon monoxide poisoning had caused the deaths of the Wallwork family, originally from Manchester. Their two dogs were also found dead in the house. The tragedy came to light at ...

Couple poisoned by carbon monoxide from stove
EastDay.com
A couple was poisoned by carbon monoxide this morning in their shop in downtown Hongkou District and they are still in critical condition in a local hospital. A neighbor heard a faint voice coming from a closed shop on Changchun Road about 9am. ...