carbon monoxide

Nobody was hospitalized, but seven ambulance crews evaluated 54 patients who were driven from their homes early Saturday.

A man intending to take his own life was saved when he inadvertently crashed his vehicle.

Two women and two children were sent to the hospital following a fire at the former Boneheads location in Fall River, after they lit a fire in the kitchen to stay warm during non-permitted renovations.

Daylight Savings Time is this weekend. In addition to turning the clocks ahead one hour, there are a few other items we should check off our lists. When we turn the clocks back an hour in the fall, check them again.

ACUSHNET - The Acushnet Fire Department is taking action after a preventable tragedy in the town. Two weeks ago, a father and son were found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in their home, which had no smoke or CO detectors. Beginning today, parents of Acushnet students will be asked via email to check if they have working CO detectors in their homes...

ACUSHNET - Officials have nailed down the cause of a deadly carbon monoxide poisoning that killed two people in Acushnet this week. 41-year-old Joseph Lopes and his nine-year-old son Colin were found dead in their Buttonwood Lane home Wednesday morning...

A father and his young son are dead in Acushnet after suffering from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in their Buttonwood Lane home. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says the ex-wife of 41-year-old Joseph Lopes called Acushnet Police around 8:15 A...

That annoying "chirp" sound your smoke detector makes when the battery is low is actually a good thing. It's alerting you to change the battery before a real threat is present and it's useless. Unfortunately, WCVB reports that millions of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are being recalled because they stop "chirping" after seven years...

A Newton elementary school canceled classes for the day after two people were overcome by carbon monoxide. The fire department says a school custodian and a contractor checking the heating system were overcome by fumes in the Franklin Elementary School's boiler room at about 7:30 a...

Bourne Police are investigating a man's death after he suffered from carbon monoxide exposure.