With 45,000 residents without power five days after Hurricane Irene, Attorney General Martha Coakley wants answers and the truth from utility companies regarding what preparations they took before the stormhas sent a letter to National Grid, NStar and the other big utilities asking them to explain how they prepared for the forecasted emergency. [WCVB] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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Four Eastham residents, possibly a family, went to Cape Cod Hospital on Monday morning after apparently suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in their home after the batteries were removed from carbon monoxide detectors. Eastham firefighters treated 13, 24 and 52-year old males and a 50-year old female. Three victims were since sent to a Boston hospital. On Friday, 11 Nantucket residents were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide leak. [Cape Cod Online]
This weekend is the 20th Anniversary of the UMass Extravaganja, a festival designed to promote the legalization of marijuana. A group of 14 wounded veterans are in Boston to compete in the 2011 Boston Marathon. They are reportedly "close to death." Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Hingham is inspecting a crack on the roof of Hingham Middle School. Seven people in Roxbury were treated for possible carbon monoxide exposure. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
A second carbon monoxide related incident happened in Massachusetts last night. Firefighters evacuated four single-family homes on Bolton Street in South Boston because of high CO readings. The Boston Fire Department reached the scene at 9:15 p.m. and learned NStar traced the problem to a burning underground cable. Nobody was injured. An eight-year old Quincy boy died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. [Globe]
Brandon Yang, 8, of Quincy died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning and his mother is hospitalized in Boston. Yang's 16-year-old brother from both of them unconscious in their Quincy home on Thursday. Quincy firefighters reportedly found a lit charcoal hibachi grill in the Yardarm Lane home. Yang, a third-grader at the Sung Harbor Community School in Quincy, was pronounced dead at Quincy Medical Center. The State Police are investigating the case. The D.A. knew of no problem with the building's heating system. [WCVB]
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- A Swampscott teen was struck by lightning Thursday as storms hit the Bay State. His only injury is a sore knee. [WHDH]
- The Comfort Inn in Revere was evacuated on Friday due to elevated carbon monoxide levels. [WCVB]
A faulty boiler was the apparent cause of elevated carbon monoxide levels (about 30 parts per million; up to 20 is considered safe) at Marion E. Zeh Elementary School, which was evacuated this morning after the CO alarms went off. The Northborough school, which has students in kindergarten through fifth grade, was evacuated around 9:30 this morning. The boiler room was ventilated and classes were expected to have resumed as normal by noon.
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