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Carbon Monoxide Leak at Day Care Center Sickens Kids, Staff

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 …

New York City Carbon Monoxide Leak Sickens 32 People

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 at New York Mall Investigated

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 …

28 Sickened After Gas Leak at North Carolina Plant

More than two dozen people were taken to a hospital after a gas leak at a plant in Lincolnton, N.C. Officials say 27 employees and one firefighter were taken to hospitals in Lincoln and Mecklenburg counties Monday afternoon after a …

New Hampshire Hockey Referee Sues Over Carbon Monoxide Leak

A former ice hockey referee is suing a New Hampshire rink owner over a carbon monoxide leak two years ago that he says made him sick. The Portsmouth Herald reports that Thomas Madden’s lawsuit in the Rockingham Superior Court says …

Georgia State Fire Commissioner Says Workers’ Actions Hampered Leak Probe

Georgia’s state fire commissioner says investigators are unable to determine the cause of a potentially lethal carbon monoxide leak at an Atlanta elementary school because school maintenance workers began dismantling the system before it could be examined. Georgia Insurance and …

Faulty Forklift Blamed for Virginia Carbon Monoxide Leak

A propane-powered forklift is being blamed for a carbon monoxide leak that sickened four workers at a seafood processing plant in Hampton, Va. Hampton Fire and Rescue Capt. Anthony Chittum tells media outlets that the forklift wasn’t working properly. Authorities …

Arkansas Plant Workers Ill After Carbon Monoxide Leak

Three people have been sent to a hospital for treatment and other employees were evacuated because of a carbon monoxide leak at a Fayetteville, Ark., plant. Fire Department Battalion Chief Mauro Campos says three people were transported from Elkhart Products …

2nd Lawsuit Filed Over Leak at West Virginia Hotel

A man who claims a carbon monoxide leak left him with health problems is suing a West Virginia hotel and several other companies. It’s the second lawsuit filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court over the Jan. 31 leak at the …