Saturday, January 28, 2012

January 28, 2012

“On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.” Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)

Carbon monoxide alarms are saving lives in the Bay
Bay Today
Most of these calls are the result of a dead battery in the carbon monoxide alarm or a CO alarm that has exceeded its expiration date and should be replaced. So far this January, 17 CO calls have been received, 4 of which fire crews confirmed levels of ...

Woman Dies After Carbon Monoxide Leak
WMTW Portland
LEBANON, Maine -- York County sheriff deputies said they are investigating after a woman died following a carbon monoxide leak on Friday afternoon. Deputies said the leak happened at 498 Little River Road in Lebanon. Members of the Lebanon Rescue ...

CO poisoned workers get dose of O2 from hyperbaric chambers
WEAU-TV 13
(WEAU) – Doctors in Eau Claire took on three patients, all poisoned by carbon monoxide while on the job. A total of 13 people were taken to the hospital after a carbon monoxide scare at Chippewa Bi-Products in Alma Center on Thursday morning.

Victim in fatal fire died of smoke, carbon monoxide inhalation
Ventura County Star
A 59-year-old woman killed in an apartment fire in Thousand Oaks Thursday died from asphyxia due to smoke and carbon monoxide inhalation, officials said. The death was ruled an accident by the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office.