One death being blamed on carbon monoxide

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Eyewitness News Healthcheck reporter Christi Myers reports that 33 people have already been treated for exposure to carbon monoxide, seven of which were bad enough to be treated in the hyperbolic chamber. And we've learned that one child has died.

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