SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) – The two men found dead in a Springfield house Sunday night were brothers. Police have not released their names yet, but say they were 46 and 32 years old.
According to a neighbor, the men arrived at 6 Corcoran Boulevard around 9 AM Sunday to clean it up. The house did not have electricity, so the brothers set up a generator inside. Later that same day, family members became concerned when attempts to contact the two men on the phone failed.
Several of those family members arrived at the house around 7 PM. They found the brothers inside. A woman attempted to carry them out of the house, but the carbon monoxide levels were so high, she was quickly overwhelmed. Paramedics rushed her to Bay State Medical Center. She survived.
A neighbor who lives right across the street witnessed the whole thing. “We were sitting there in front of the window and my wife said somebodies screaming outside,” said Shoukat Hussain. “Then we came out at the same time the fire marshall came. The one guy was already dead. the second one, the young one, they put on the ground and they were trying to do CPR for 20 minutes but he did not make it.”
Carbon monoxide readings of 1000 parts per million were found inside the home, that’s the highest level the devices can detect, according to the fire department.
Even though power was shut off at the house, police say there were working carbon monoxide detectors.
It remains unclear why the generator was being used inside the home.
We need a website that lists all the do’s and don’t's of life. Wear seat belts when driving, cross only at a cross walk, stay in school, respect your parents, don’t race your motorcycle, don’t spit in the wind, don’t step on Superman’s cape and don’t mess around with Slim.
so unnecessary!
man this is a totally different information then what the breaking news email I just got from 22.. Their’s says 1 man dead and 1 man in the hospital. and the street name is spelled differently. you have it written as Corkran Blvd. they have Corcoran Blvd.
22news said one dead & one in the hospital. Nothing about a woman??
they need to install a co detector in cars to sound a warning when there are fumes like in a house!
The generator was running IN their house….say no more.
Inside your home?? Really wow smh so not needed senseless deaths
This is right near me, I actually drove by when all the commotion was going on! 6 police cars, 2fire trucks, 3 ambulance. I was wondering what had happened. They must not have paid their gas bill. So very sad!
Condolences to the family…..but why would you run a generator inside a house? Why is this world so lacking in common sense these days?
It is Corcoran Blvd. located off Allen St. in the EFP section.
This is sad. Condolences to the families. The generator is so effin loud how could u stand to have in your house running. Never mind how smelly it is!! So unnecessary. So awful.
Amber, their headline says 1 dead, 1 hospitalized but when you read the article, they do have it right with 2 men dead and a woman hospitalized.
It’s a shame that these people missed the warnings issued in the past on ABC 40 about generators needing to be outside away from buildings.
So tragic. God bless them and their loved ones.
I can’t believe people run generators indoors. Unreal.
don’t be a douche bag , just adding to that list because you forgot one .