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Rescue: 9 Residents Overcome By Carbon Monoxide In East Meadow Saved Rescue: 9 Residents Overcome By Carbon Monoxide In East Meadow Saved
Rescue: 9 Residents Overcome By Carbon Monoxide In East Meadow Saved Nine Long Island residents suffering from high levels of carbon monoxide were saved by police and firefighters. The incident took place around 9:20 p.m., Monday, March 13 at a home on Buchanan Road in East Meadow. According to police, officers responded to a home on Buchanan Road to assist the East Meadow Fire Department with nine residents suffering from high levels of carbon monoxide inside the home.  The residents were transported by East Meadow Fire Department to an area hospital for treatment and observation.  The Nassau County Fire Marshall was at the scene …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Dies Of Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning At Long Island Construction Site Man Dies Of Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning At Long Island Construction Site
Man Dies Of Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning At Long Island Construction Site An investigation is underway after a construction worker died from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning while at a residential job site on Long Island. An employee of Suffolk Excavating was working for approximately 15 minutes to remove silt from the bottom of a drainage pipe approximately 10-feet into the ground in Fort Salonga at 92 Fort Salonga Road when he stopped responding to co-workers at approximately 2:35 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, Suffolk County Police said. A co-worker attempted to go down the pipe to rescue Irizarry, but felt burning in his nose and throat, forcing him to exit the pipe…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Three Children Treated For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After Being Exposed At Long Island Home Three Children Treated For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After Being Exposed At Long Island Home
Three Children Treated For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After Being Exposed At Long Island Home Three children were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after they were exposed at a Long Island residence.  Officers responded to a 911 call of a carbon monoxide alarm at the Bay Shore residence on Lincoln Boulevard at 12:10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19. Carbon monoxide detectors alerted first responders to high levels of the gas in the basement and first floors of the home, Suffolk County Police said. It was later determined a furnace vent was not functioning correctly, sending carbon monoxide into the residence, according to police. The residents -- an adult woman …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
16 Treated For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning On Boat At Long Island Marina 16 Treated For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning On Boat At Long Island Marina
16 Treated For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning On Boat At Long Island Marina A total of 16 people were sick with carbon monoxide poisoning on a boat that docked at a Long Island marina. The incident happened at about 2 p.m. Sunday, June 28 in Port Jefferson. Captain Ryan, a 35-foot private boat, was traveling from City Island in the Bronx to Port Jefferson when multiple people onboard became sick, Suffolk County Police said. The boat was able to dock at Danford’s Marina, located at 25 East Broadway, with 16 out of 17 people on board sick, police said. Suffolk County PD Marine Bureau and Sixth Precinct officers, as well as members of the Port Jefferson Fi…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Estranged Husband In Missing Mom Case Clinging To Life After Suicide Attempt Estranged Husband In Missing Mom Case Clinging To Life After Suicide Attempt
Estranged Husband In Missing Mom Case Clinging To Life After Suicide Attempt Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of missing Fairfield County mother of five Jennifer Farber Dulos, is clinging to life and being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning hours after an apparent suicide attempt, police say. Dulos was found at his Farmington, Connecticut, mansion around noon, Tuesday, Jan. 28, after he failed to show up in court for an emergency bond hearing, said Farmington Police spokesman Lt. Tim McKenzie at a press conference. Officers responding to the wellness check found Dulos, who is charged with the murder of his missing New Canaan wife, inside the garage in a vehicl…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Nassau Apartment Building Evacuated Due To Spiked Carbon Monoxide Levels Nassau Apartment Building Evacuated Due To Spiked Carbon Monoxide Levels
Nassau Apartment Building Evacuated Due To Spiked Carbon Monoxide Levels Some 100 residents of a Long Island apartment building were evacuated after high levels of carbon monoxide was discovered leaking from illegally installed heaters. The incident took place around 7 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the four-story apartment building located at 545 Fulton Ave., when 28 people began feeling ill, said a Village of Hempstead fire official during a press conference. Nine of the people, including a mother and her toddler who were found passed out in a room, were rushed to an area hospital with high levels of carbon monoxide in their blood, officials said. Hempstead fir…

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by Kathy Reakes