A Phoenix bagel shop had to be evacuated Saturday after a carbon monoxide leak left seven employees in need of medical treatment.

Two workers at Einstein Bros. Bagel went home ill Saturday morning after complaining of dizziness, nausea and of feeling lightheaded.

One went to the hospital where they were diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning, The Arizona Republic reported.

The hospital alerted the fire department, who arrived at the bagel shop about 1:40 p.m. Firefighters discovered a leak in the hood of a stove and closed the shop.

Five more employees were discovered to be displaying the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, and three were taken to the hospital but were in stable condition, said Dorian Jackson, a spokesman for the Phoenix Fire Department.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Three people have been sent to a hospital for treatment and other employees were evacuated because of a carbon monoxide leak at a Fayetteville plant.

Fire Department Battalion Chief Mauro Campos says three people were transported from Elkhart Products Corp. Tuesday morning, and a fourth person was treated at the scene. They complained of disorientation and nausea.

Campos says all four people, whose names weren't released, are expected to make a full recovery.

He says one person complained Monday night about symptoms consistent with carbon monoxide poisoning, and more people had similar complaints on Tuesday. Officials evacuated employees from around the area of the leak, but work continued in other parts of the plant.

Update 11:54 a.m. Irving Fire Department battalion chief Cody Newman said investigators have determined that the carbon monoxide was coming from the boilers. The fire department has allowed guests back into the first floor. They will continue checking the rest of the floors.

Update 10:49 a.m. Irving Fire Department was notified by a paramedic at Las Colinas Medical Center and recognized that several people were coming in with symptoms of typical carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the fire department's spokesman Russell Wilson.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The name of a man killed after a serious carbon monoxide leak at a South Charleston hotel has been released.

Officials from Rosciti Construction tell WSAZ.com worker William Moran of Warwick, R.I., was killed Tuesday from carbon monoxide poisoning at the Holiday Inn Express. In total, five Rosciti workers were affected. Three of the five are being treated in hyperbaric chambers.

Rosciti Officials also tell WSAZ.com the men were working in Charleston on a government project at the National Guard at Yeager Airport.

South Charleston firefighters say the lethal carbon monoxide levels were due to a leaking gas pump that was used to heat the hotel pool. The pump was located on the ground floor, but the pipe went all the way up through the building.

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities say a faulty propane tank likely caused carbon monoxide fumes that sent 13 workers to the hospital in Jackson County.

Emergency responders were called to Chippewa Bi Products near Alma Center Thursday on a report that at least one worker had passed out.

EMTs determined that there were several people who may have been overcome by carbon monoxide fumes in one of the buildings. The company says the faulty tank was used to fuel a forklift.

Tulsa Firefighters say a family of four was treated for carbon monoxide poisoning.

It happened about 3:30 Tuesday morning in the 12000 block of E 18th St.

Hazmat crews detected a reading of 145 parts per million, and as high as 245 parts per million in one of the bedrooms.  The Tulsa Fire Department considers anything above 35 parts per million dangerous.

Gas levels were also high, and could have caused an explosion.  

Crews found the heater in the bathroom wall was leaking.

A 4-year-old girl, a 12-year-old girl, a 28-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman were treated at the scene and were admitted to the hospital in fair condition.

Three people were hospitalized after being sickened by carbon monoxide fumes at a home in Gwinnett County early Wednesday, authorities said.

Lt. Eric Eberly, spokesman for the Gwinnett County fire department, said paramedics responded to a call from a house in the 1000 block of Bridal Path Drive in Lawrenceville shortly after 5:30 a.m.

Inside the house, crews found one man with an "obvious medical emergency," Eberly said, and called for additional units.

An engine company with a hazmat unit detected extremely high levels of carbon monoxide, which was coming from a generator in the garage being used to power a heater. The home's electricity had been cut off, Eberly said.

A Florida ice rink was evacuated Wednesday night after the equipment used to keep the facility cold malfunctioned. According to the Associated Press, high levels of carbon monoxide were leaked, causing at least five people to seek treatment at the hospital.

The Clearwater Ice Arena was evacuated, with more than 30 emergency responders turning up at the scene. Visitors complained of lightheadedness as they left the building, and more than a dozen others stayed for evaluation, CNN reported.

Among those sickened were children, including 9-year-old Josh Steele who was transported to Tampa General Hospital after the leak. All victims were reported be in stable condition or released later that night, Central Florida News said.

Construction workers pouring concrete at the soon-to-open Sam’s Club in Hendersonville were evacuated Monday due to high carbon monoxide levels in the building.

Hendersonville Assistant Deputy Chief Bob Galoppi said carbon monoxide levels were high when tested at the scene.

Galoppi said the Hendersonville Fire Department received an anonymous tip from a man working in the building who said he was feeling sick, and that it was possibly due to carbon monoxide. Galoppi said they could not find the caller when they arrived on the scene, though all workers were evacuated and no one was transported to the hospital.

“We interviewed 30 people that were exposed, and nobody said that they were feeling sick,” Galoppi said. “We did find high levels of carbon monoxide in the building… it was determined to be caused by the running of combustion equipment inside the building.”

Tulsa Public Schools is investigating its CNG school buses after two drivers complained fumes made them sick.

School officials say they have not linked the bus drivers’ sickness to the buses but are taking precautionary measures. Both TPS mechanics and the Tulsa Fire Department’s hazmat teams are looking at the buses.

The district is also looking into placing carbon monoxide detectors in the buses. TPS converted their buses to CNG in 2009.

WEST PALM BEACH — The cause of the carbon monoxide leak in a nursing home this morning was a faulty stove, said a spokesman from West Palm Beach Emergency Management.

"Not all the burners were working on the stove," said Allan Orton, emergency management coordinator for the city of West Palm Beach. "Everyone's back inside. They're having lunch."

At 8:52 a.m., West Palm Beach Fire Rescue crews were called to Rehabilitation Center of the Palm Beaches after a fire-rescue worker who was in the building detected high levels of carbon monoxide on his portable monitor.

Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Diana Matty said the rescue worker called hazmat crews to the center at 301 Northpoint Parkway.

Matty said the levels were "so high that they could cause death."

Four people were taken to the hospital Sunday night after high carbon monoxide levels were reported in their Englewood home.

The 52-year-old woman, 22-year-old man and two children were taken to Holy Cross Hospital in fair-to-serious conditions, according to Fire Media Affairs.

A Level 1 Hazmat team was called to the 7100 block of South Winchester Avenue at 11:35 p.m., Fire Media Affairs reported, because of high carbon monoxide levels.

Carbon monoxide levels of 1,000 parts-per-million were recorded inside the home, about 20 times the recommended limit, a spokesman told the Chicago Tribune.

A generator was operating in the basement, and the residents did not have electricity, said Fire Media Affairs.

Springfield, Mo. — Three employees of a Springfield power plant were treated after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning during a fire at the plant.

Fire officials say the blaze in coal bunkers at the John Twitty Energy Center on Monday released dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide.

Assistant Fire Chief Randy Villines says fire crews found carbon monoxide readings up to 3,000 parts per million when they tested air near the bunkers.

The three employees tried to fight the fire inside three of four coal bunkers before firefighters arrived.

Nine people at a Northeast Portland church were taken to a hospital after being overcome by carbon monoxide fumes Tuesday night.

A Hazmat team and firefighters responded to Northeast Baptist Church at 6701 N.E. Prescott after several people at the church became ill.

According to a church elder, there was a women’s Bible study going on at the time and there were 15 people in the building at the time of the incident.

Portland Fire and Rescue reported that potentially deadly levels of carbon monoxide leaked from a furnace in the basement where the group was holding its Bible study.

risco, Texas—
It's business as usual at "Salon Boutique" in Frisco following a carbon monoxide scare. Saturday afternoon dozens of customers and staff were overcome by the gas.

 "People with oxygen ad some people go inside the ambulance and they send them to the emergency room", said Merchant Inggrid None.

Fifteen people were taken to the hospital for their exposure. None runs a nearby restaurant that had to be evacuated. One of her workers was among those who got sick.

"He got dizzy and started feeling like shaky, and jittery so", None said.

Workers at the salon called 911 after customers and staff started showing classic symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning including the headaches and dizziness.

"They weren't aware of what was causing it because carbon monoxide as you probably know is odorless, colorless, until you start to feel these symptoms" said Frisco Asst. Fire Chief Paul Siebert.

Fire crews knew immediately what they had.

A gas detector identified the carbon monoxide within seconds.

"We were reading above 200 ppm which is a significant level for acute exposure which is short term exposure”, Siebert said.

Investigators traced the leak to a vent pipe from a water heater that had become disconnected.

HILLSBORO BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) -- Three people were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide leak inside a South Florida home.

HazMat crews responded to the scene at a beachfront mansion along A1A in Hillsboro Beach Saturday afternoon, after three adults inside reported feeling ill.

According to investigators, the carbon monoxide likely came from a large generator inside the building.

The three adults were transported to the hospital, where they received treatment.

Several dozen people have been affected by a carbon monoxide poisoning in Northwest.

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Residents of a building on Harvard Street Northwest started feeling flu-like symptoms and passing out. Fire officials evacuated the 45 residents inside, of whom 43 were transported to a nearby hospital. Three of them were in serious condition.

The fire chief says it was crucial to get the residents away from the deadly gas as soon as possible.

A high level of carbon monoxide was detected in the building, D.C. Fire Department officials say. The building is home to the Second Genesis Rehab Facility, a privately owned rehabilitation clinic. Streets in the area were blocked while the fire department was on scene.

The Edmonton Public School Board is prompting custodians to examine their boiler room procedures after a poisonous carbon monoxide scare led to the evacuation of more than 1,800 students Monday.

 

School staff evacuated Ross Sheppard High School located at 13546 111 Ave., around 8 am Monday. Fire Department Hazmat crews responding to what they initially thought was a gas leak discovered high levels of carbon monoxide and immediately began fumigating the school of the deadly gas.

“We checked the building for carbon monoxide levels and found levels up to 1,000 parts per million which is quite hazardous to human life,” said Hazmat Captain Eric Takacs.

Together with Atco Gas and Ross Sheppard High School Maintenance, fire officials were able to determine the leak was the result of an open vent in the north wing boiler room, creating negative pressure in the ventilation system. The negative pressure pulled carbon monoxide fumes into school halls instead of venting them outside.

By Maggie Fazeli Fard
A Fort Washington family was hospitalized Monday after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide in their home.

About 11 p.m., police received a report that a woman in a home in the 12400 block of Surrey Circle Drive was semi-conscious.

The 911 responder who took the call determined that the family, which had lost power over the weekend because of Hurricane Irene, had been using a gas generator to power some appliances. The generator was in the single-family home’s attached garage with the door closed.

Fort Washington firefighters, paramedics and hazmat personnel responded to the home, where they found the woman unconscious on a bed and dangerously high carbon monoxide levels of more than 900 parts per million (ppm). Prince George’s County Fire/EMS officials noted that a normal carbon monoxide level would fall between 0 and 30 ppm.

SPRINGDALE, Pa. -- County officials said two residents of a house in Springdale Borough reported feeling light-headed and dizzy.
An elderly man and his mother live in the 400 block of Chestnut Street. The son visited a local hospital to get checked out.
The hospital determined that the man had carbon monoxide poisoning.
Upon learning this news, he called 911 to report the problem and have his mother taken to a hospital too.
Emergency personnel responded to investigate and, while in the house, began to feel sick themselves.

Four people have been transported to hospital after inhaling carbon monoxide in an industrial building in East Vancouver near Commercial Drive and Pandora Street.
 
Their condition is not believed to be serious but fire officials are having trouble pinning down the source.
 
WorkSafeBC has been called in to investigate further.
 
The call originally came in around 2pm Saturday as a potential freon gas leak.
 
Once on scene HAZMAT crews didn't find any freon, but did detect high levels of carbon monoxide.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla.- UPDATE: Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning is believed to be what caused a woman and two children to lose consciousness in their car in a Charlotte County Publix parking lot on Wednesday, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office. 

A woman and two children are conscious and under observation at an area hospital after they were found passed out in a vehicle at a grocery store parking lot.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office received a call that bystanders had found the family in the parking lot of Publix, located at 24123 Peachland Boulevard in Port Charlotte.

Witnesses reported that the woman appeared to be in her 40's, with two young girls in the car with her.

Emergency crews were on scene Tuesday after a carbon monoxide leak reportedly triggered the evacuation of a building in North Vancouver.

Workers were forced out of 121 East 18th St. at about 10:30 a.m. when what was described as a “significant quantity” of the gas escaped into the confined space.

Police, firefighters, paramedics and a HAZMAT team responded to the call.

Two Fortis BC employees were reportedly treated for inhalation.

A Howard County motel was temporarily evacuated Saturday night after rescue personnel discovered high levels of potentially lethal carbon monoxide there, a county fire and rescue spokesman said.

Responders were called to the Sleep Inn on Second Street in North Laurel about 8:32 p.m. to check a report of a possible chemical leak, and found five children complaining of headaches and nausea, according to Battalion Chief Eric D. Proctor. Monitoring equipment detected high levels of poisonous carbon monoxide gas in the air, prompting authorities to evacuate 30 motel occupants and take 11 of them to hospitals in Laurel and Columbia. All were released after evaluation, Proctor said.

ELGIN — In just four days, 53 people were taken to Elgin-area hospitals because the air they were breathing was making them sick. And except for the number of victims involved, that’s not an unusual situation.

It was mid-Friday afternoon, coming up on a weekend for the workers in the Unisol Co. warehouse in the Elgin-O’Hare Commerce Center building on Route 25, just south of the Elgin city line. Several people reported feeling headachy and nauseous — as if they had the flu. Finally, one woman reportedly fell unconscious and went into convulsions.

When firefighters arrived, they discovered that workers in many of the other 10 or 11 companies that rent space in this big converted factory also were feeling headachy, nauseous or dizzy. Firefighters’ sensors revealed the air contained more than 10 times the safe level of carbon monoxide. Fourteen ambulances converged on the scene and took 38 people to five hospitals. Five were so ill that they were held for at least one night in Elgin’s Sherman Hospital, at least one of those in the critical care unit.

Investigators from the South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District later determined that the carbon monoxide probably came from one of two propane-burning forklifts that had been operating that afternoon inside the Unisol warehouse. The case has been referred to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for further investigation.

FREEPORT, N.Y. — Twenty-five workers at a Long Island packaging plant were hospitalized for exposure to carbon monoxide.

Firefighters responded to the LaMar Plastic Packaging company in Freeport Tuesday morning. The county's hazmat team determined the carbon monoxide likely came from the plant's faulty gas-fired heaters.

Mark Stuparich (STEW'-pah-rich), a Freeport assistant chief, says indoor air readings indicated more than 500 parts per million of carbon monoxide. Normal levels are 5 parts per million or less, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The incident is under investigation.

The injuries are not considered serious, with workers complaining of headaches, dizziness and nausea. Along with the 25 who were hospitalized, another 20 were treated at the scene.

A chemical incident alarm has been raised in Tooting last night after the occupants of a house lit a barbecue inside to keep warm.

According to Tooting Fire station the three occupants of the house used charcoal, and lighting fluid to start a fire in a property in Ashvale Road.

They were called at 12.48am today (October 24) to the address where they found the barbecue in the front room and were informed by one of the residents it had been lit to keep them warm.

All three people were taken to St George’s Hospital, two suffering from carbon monoxide intoxication, but have since been released.

Three fire engines, other six supporting vehicles and two senior officers were required at the scene as the incident had been classified as “chemical”.

An officer from Tooting said: “It is understandable that people would like to keep warm as temperatures go down, but the important thing to remember with things like that is if you’re lighting a fire inside the house you should do it in the appropriate way - you should have a fireplace.”

Chicago - Three people were taken to area hospitals in serious condition after a carbon monoxide leak in a West Side apartment building Thursday night.

A Level 1 HazMat was called to the building about 8:40 p.m. at 3345 W. Fulton Blvd. after residents of the three-story apartment building complained of feeling sick, Fire Media Affairs Chief Joe Roccasalva said.

Firefighters found a CO leak and high levels of carbon monoxide, Roccasalva said.

Seven people have been treated for carbon monoxide poisoning, after fire officials said a gas generator blew up in their home.

Savannah firefighters, a HAZMAT crew, and curious neighbors were outside a 42nd Street home Thursday afternoon as emergency crews worked to remove the toxic air.

Officials said five of the seven victims were under 18.

"Some time yesterday a tree limb fell on the electrical lines to the house. At some point in time they decided to utilize the gas generator. That's what caused the elevated levels of carbon monoxide," said Mark Keller, spokesman for Savannah Fire.

Officials said having the generator running in a closed space is extremely dangerous. They advise you to put generators outside, away from your house.

DALLAS, TEXAS - Earlier today, Dallas Fire-Rescue (DFR) responded to a call at the Dallas Hometown Suites from a man who was feeling dizzy and faint. Paramedics treated the man and transported him to a local hospital.
However, a DFR worker soon began to exhibit the same symptoms, so firefighters immediately suspected that a carbon monoxide leak had taken place in the building. The firefighters notified DFR's Hazardous Materials Team (Hazmat).
The residents that were home at the time quickly evacuated to the Radisson Hotel across the street while Hazmat shut the gas off to the building and located the leak.
It's still unknown what started the leak. However, there were no life threatening injuries during the events, according to DFR.

Two people are dead and another is in critical condition after an industrial accident at MagnaGro International, 600 E. 22nd, according to Mark Bradford, Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical chief.
Emergency crews responded at 2:38 p.m. Thursday to the site of the incident, near 22nd and Delaware streets. Once at the scene, crews were told at least one person had fallen into a tank containing an unknown substance. Bradford said the substance wouldn't normally be toxic, but because of the close quarters inside the tank, it was harmful.
Jeff Novorr, vice president at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, said chemical residue left by an ambulance that had been at MagnaGro contained about 80 percent cane molasses. Novorr said cane molasses — when in a poorly ventilated area — converts to carbon monoxide.
"Obviously, in a non-ventilated area, it is fatal," Novorr said.