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May 07.12

Man Perishes in Latest Carbon Monoxide Incident



Coal stove malfunction blamed for death of a corrections officers and some of his cats.


May 07.12

Firefighters and Police Respond to CO Emergency in Philadelphia



Carbon monoxide leak to blame for hospitalization of fifteen


May 07.12

House Committee Approves Bill to Make PA Homes Safer



House Consumer Affairs Committe approves House Bill 2031 which would reqire homes be equipped with Carbon Monoxide alarms.


Apr 18.12

Mar 22.12

2006 incident in PA, once suspected to be a triple homicide, now ruled a likely CO poisoning



Reports Associated Press:

Pennsylvania State Police say they now believe that carbon monoxide poisoning likely killed three men inside a mountain cabin in 2006 after new tests were conducted in the wake of a story by The Associated Press that raised questions about suspicions it might have been a triple homicide.

The AP story ran in early [...]


Mar 17.12

Blair County man dies from CO poisoning; his wife hospitalized



Reports the Altoona Mirror:

Carbon monoxide is suspected in the death of a Sinking Valley man, Blair County Coroner Patricia Ross said Friday.
The Tyrone Township man was found Friday morning and his wife was taken to Altoona Regional Health System, Ross said. State police at Hollidaysburg were investigating and preliminary information suggested the source of the [...]


Mar 09.12

Allegheny County man dies from CO poisoning; two others in home taken to hospital



Reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

One man died and two others were hospitalized after police received a call that a car was running inside a garage in Baldwin Borough.
One person, 87-year-old John Stephenson, died at the scene in the 5400 block of Keenan Drive. Two others were taken to a hospital for possible carbon monoxide poisoning shortly [...]


Feb 24.12

Lancaster County man saves two people from CO poisoning



Reports Lancaster’s Intelligencer Journal:

Two men were hospitalized Friday after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide inside their East Lampeter Township home, officials said, and a third man was being lauded for likely having saved their lives.
Around 9 a.m., John Petersheim, the owner of J&R Metal Products at 244 Railroad Ave. in Bird-in-Hand, went [...]


Oct 19.11

Pittsburgh family rushed to hospital after CO leak in their home



The family was saved because their carbon monoxide alarm alerted them to the presence of the gas.


Oct 19.11

Pocono Record editorializes about carbon monoxide safety; supports SB 920



“Every new home should include home carbon monoxide detectors to help protect the occupants from illness and possible death. Homes that are sold should be equipped with them before the buyer takes ownership,” write the newspaper’s editors.