carbon monoxide

Published on: December 18, 2024

Carbon Monoxide Leak at Ski Resort Kills At Least a Dozen. How Leesfield & Partners Has Been a Part of CO Protections for Decades.

At least 12 people were found dead in an Indian restaurant at s Georgian ski resort Saturday, according to Georgia officials.

The bodies of 11 foreigners and one Georgian national were found on the second floor of a restaurant at the Gudauri ski resort, a retreat located on the south-facing plateau of The Greater Caucasus Mountain Range. It is believed that all 12, who have not been named as of Tuesday morning, died from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to reporting from the BBC.

Police say all 12 were restaurant employees. The suspected source of the carbon monoxide is a power generator that had been placed in an indoor, closed space near the bedrooms after a power outage.

Published on: October 11, 2024

Electric Vehicles Burst into Flames in Florida Garages Amid Flooding from Hurricane Milton. Why?

By Leesfield & Partners

Videos of electric vehicle fires amid the Hurricane Milton storm surges have spread across social media.

Tesla, a clean-energy company, sent advisories to customers urging them to move their cars to higher ground ahead of Hurricane Milton. Various insurance carriers also alerted electric vehicle owners to make storage arrangements ahead of the storm, suggesting that people park their cars in protected garages and on higher ground to ward against fires and other damage caused by flooding.

And it’s not just cars. The Florida Fire Marshal has called the vehicles and other products “ticking time bombs” due to their lithium-ion batteries.

Published on: August 28, 2024

Broward County Schools Superintendent Calls for Installation of Carbon Monoxide Detectors

By Leesfield & Partners

Following at least two gas-related incidents at Broward County schools in as many weeks, the district’s superintendent called for carbon monoxide detectors to be installed at every campus.

“We also discovered that we don’t have carbon monoxide detectors in our kitchens and in our cafeterias,” Superintendent Howard Hepburn told local news reporters Tuesday.

The call for the installation of detectors comes after Cypress Bay High School was evacuated for a carbon monoxide leak in the school’s cafeteria that caused an evacuation and the hospitalization of at least five people Friday. None of the five people who required medical attention were students, the school district previously told local news outlets.

Published on: August 28, 2024

One person hospitalized after propane leak at Broward County Elementary School Monday

By Leesfield & Partners

An elementary school employee was taken to the hospital for evaluation Monday morning after a propane gas leak in the school’s cafeteria, officials say.

Emergency responders were called out to Oriole Elementary, 3081 NW 39th St. in Lauderdale Lakes, around 9 a.m., according to reporting from The Miami Herald. The call was allegedly made after someone at the school reported smelling propane.

Officials inspected the school and deemed it was safe enough for students and teachers to return to their classrooms.