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Irregular News for 12.28.06

 

Salinas, CA -- Seven people, including a number of children, were hospitalized and a 24-year-old man was arrested for child endangerment in Salinas after a lit barbecue pit was brought into an apartment, according to police.

 

The Salinas Fire Department initially responded to the Atlantic Avenue apartment at approximately 9 a.m. Christmas Day after receiving a report that three children had stopped breathing. Firefighters removed a still hot barbecue pit from the apartment and discovered the children, as well as several adults, were breathing but lethargic and incoherent, Salinas police said.

 

Emergency personnel suspected carbon monoxide poisoning from the barbecue.

 

Juan Luis Rubio, 24, was booked into Monterey County Jail on child endangerment charges for allegedly bringing the barbecue into the apartment earlier that morning after he became cold.

 

According to police, all of the victims were expected to recover.

 

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[BIGREDIOWAN]

OMG what a f'ing idiot!!!!!!!

[Touchdown Tommie]

I have heard of something like this before....some people are so poor that they bring in their grills and what not....or they are just that stupid!

[rawhide]

Maybe the feds will make it a law that all charcoal must smoke heavily so as to preclude some idiot from bring it into the house as a primary source of heat.

 

 

happens every once in a while when temps are down.

[Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red]

Would you rather freeze to death or die of carbon minoxide poisoning while you are sleeping??? That's a toss up for me......

[rawhide]

Salinas Ca. doesn't get that cold if your indoors and pay your utility bills. And Ca utilties have low income assistance. Push 1 for english and 2 for spanish. easy enough.

[MCAT800]

People like that is the reason I have a job. Thank you.

[rawhide]

it's just thinnin' the herd. waaaahhhaaaaaa.