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Dec 19, 2025

BLOOM TWP CO FOLO



 

BLOOM TWP CO FOLO 

IN CENTRAL OHIO, A PERSON HAS DIED AND 9 OTHERS WERE HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING CARBON MONOXIDE INCIDENT INSIDE A HOME IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY, ACCORDING TO THE BLOOM TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT
ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, A 96-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIED INSIDE THAT HOME. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TELLS US THEY BELIEVE HER DEATH IS RELATED TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING BUT THAT HAS YET TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE CORONER. 7 FIRE FIREFIGHTERS WERE TAKEN HERE TO OSU-WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT AND WE HAVE LEARNED THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN RELEASED. ACCORDING TO THE FIRE CHIEF, THE FIRST MEDIC TO ARRIVE ON THE SCENE, DID NOT HAVE HIS C-O MONITOR ON BECAUSE IT WAS BROKE. AS A RESULT, THE MEDIC BECAME OVERCOME BY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS--WHICH IS COLORLESS AND ODORLESS. OTHER MEDICS WHO ARRIVED WERE ALSO EXPOSED.
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