Canton, MI –
“…after clearing the scene, firefighters were called back on a report of (another) employee not feeling well. That’s when they detected a dangerous gas…four firefighters and three police officers were also sent to the hospital for evaluation…the deadly gas is odorless, and the only way to prevent such incidents is to install detectors at home and business.”
Canton police investigating 60-year-old man’s death at the business he owned (wxyz.com)
“At around 9:53 a.m. fire officials said that everyone in the 9-story Crown Plaza Hotel, located at 138-10 135th Avenue by JFK airport was being evacuated, as carbon monoxide levels reached 100-200ppm throughout the whole building — a “dangerous” level according to safety experts. One EMS member was hurt during the evacuation, and taken to Elmhurst Hospital…”
https://patch.com/new-york/queens/jfk-hotel-evacuated-during-dangerous-carbon-monoxide-leak-fdny?fbclid=IwAR0bNvQwDKA0NkoPvkRQ1EyrsmwU8CUq0Hrh4yX6N8NWwnrL8RNUXvCcUQY
Webster, NY – “While helping that person, one of the first responders saw two cats unresponsive and thought to check the carbon monoxide detectors, finding both were not functional….(they are) now installing carbon monoxide detectors for all of the ambulances.”
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/public-safety/2020/12/03/carbon-monoxide-poisoning-in-webster-prompts-changes-for-local-ambulance-services?cid=share_fb
CO leak at National Cleaners in Crest Hill, IL, initially reported as a gas leak…https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/hazmat-closes-larkin-avenue-fire-department
“Hotel staff found the children lying unresponsive at an indoor pool deck and the breakfast area adjacent to the pool at 10 a.m. ET after noticing their figures through a window…The Fire Department also said it found one of the children in a first-floor room unconscious and not breathing…One hotel worker, along with two Berrien County officers and two Niles city police officers were also treated for exposure to the poisonous gas.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/1-dead-least-11-poisoned-michigan-hotel-carbon-monoxide-leak-n741586
Bridgewater, NJ – “None of the Days Inn’s 35 guests present at the time were injured but a firefighter was hospitalized after being sickened from CO exposure.
https://www.nj.com/somerset/2016/09/hotel_briefly_evacuated_due_to_elevated_carbon_mon.html
HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. — “A 55-year-old restaurant manager died and more than two dozen others were taken to hospitals Saturday after being overcome by carbon monoxide at a restaurant at New York mall…Four ambulance personnel and three officers were among those overcome by carbon monoxide at the complex…”
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2014/02/23/one-dead-more-than-two-dozen-hospitalized-after-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-at-n-y-mall
“…new knowledge about CO poisoning suggests that chronic exposure to CO-induced free radicals may, in fact, be a major occupational risk factor for cardiovascular disease and early death. Furthermore, exposure to cyanide and other toxic gasses may compound the effects of CO in firefighters…”
https://firerescuemagazine.firefighternation.com/2009/03/20/the-perils-of-co/#gref
Best Western Allentown Inn & Suites – Allentown, PA
“No one realized the man was suffering from exposure to carbon monoxide — and that the poison gas, notorious for its deadly stealth, was already sickening other guests and workers…Philip D. Prechtel, 63, died in his room…One other guest, two employees, two police officers and three ambulance workers were taken to hospitals.
Posted September 10, 1998
https://www.newspapers.com/image/327312448/?terms=kenneth%2Bvaughan%2Bmonoxide
Princess Royale Hotel – Ocean City, MD
https://www.newspapers.com/image/373655224
Corvallis Gazette-Times – Corvallis, OR
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Cazador Inn, Spicer, MN –
https://www.newspapers.com/image/141296735/?terms=cazador%2Bmonoxide
La Estancia Inn, Fallbrook, CA –
https://www.newspapers.com/image/175294168/?terms=la%2Bestancia%2Bmonoxide
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