Tag: carbon monoxide poisoning

Roughly 40,000 Customers Remain Without Power as Hydro-Quebec Works to Finish Repairs

Hydro-Quebec is warning that some of its remaining repairs to lines damaged by last week’s deadly ice storm may not be completed until Tuesday. Roughly 40,000 customers remain without power across Quebec as of 4 a.m. Monday morning, with the majority in the Montreal, Outaouais, Monteregie, and Laval regions. Regis Tellier, the utility’s vice-president of…


Travelers Urged to Pack Carbon Monoxide Alarms During Travels

As the year’s busiest travel season approaches, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Wednesday encouraged travelers to take carbon monoxide (CO) detectors with them during travels and on vacations. “Carbon monoxide is a deadly gas you can’t see or smell,” the CPSC tweeted. “If you’re traveling this spring or summer, make sure you pack a carbon…


8 Dead in New Year’s Eve Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Bosnia

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina—Eight young men and women have died in a cottage in southwest Bosnia, apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning during a New Year’s Eve celebration, police said Friday. Local police spokeswoman Martina Medic told The Associated Press that police responded to a call around 10 a.m. and went to a house in Tribistovo where several…