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Carbon monoxide prompts evacuation of apartment building in Lower Queen Anne/Belltown neighborhoods

October 7, 2026

SEATTLE – At 12:25 p.m. on Oct. 7, the Seattle Fire Department’s Fire Alarm Center received a call reporting a carbon monoxide alarm sounding in the 100 block of Warren Ave. N. The alarm was located in a three-story apartment building with a garage. Ladder 4 arrived first on scene and… [ Keep reading ]

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Being safe from carbon monoxide at home

February 8, 2023

Carbon monoxide is a gas that can cause severe illness or death. What makes it so difficult to detect is that it is odorless and colorless. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 430 people die from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning in the United States every… Filed Under: Fire Line, Fire Safety and EducationTagged With: ,