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Grilling Indoors Made 20 People Sick

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Nov 25, 2011 9:45PM

Well, it's not a bad idea to combine Fourth of July festivities with Thanksgiving indulgence, but we never thought to use a grill in November. That's probably because we never thought to bring the grill indoors, which is what some people did yesterday.

The folks on the northwest side fired up the grill, and 20 people were made sick by carbon monoxide poisoning as a result. Five ambulances arrived at the scene, and seven people were taken to area hospitals.