In Boone, a state licensing board continues to look into the source of the deadly gas leak. A police

These were, in my opinion, needless deaths, coupons for alamo rent a car said Rep. Becky Carney, D-Mecklenburg, who persuaded legislative leaders to include the language in a regulatory reform bill. When people come into our state or travel across our state and stay in hotels, we want them to feel their safety is assured.
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coupons for alamo rent a car Starting July 1, changes to South Carolina s building code also require carbon monoxide detectors in many new and existing hotels that have fuel-fired appliances or attached garages. South Carolina followed the lead of the International Building Code, which last year imposed requirements for carbon monoxide alarms in hotels.
Some hotel chains also require their locations to install carbon monoxide detectors. La Quinta Inns & Suites says it requires coupons for alamo rent a car the alarms in every location where there is a pool with gas-fired equipment. Marriott says it mandates the detectors wherever fuel-burning equipment is located within the hotel.
Todd Sommers, a spokesman for Best Western International, said the company coupons for alamo rent a car has no carbon monoxide policy. Best Western requires each hotel to comply with federal, state and local laws and standards, coupons for alamo rent a car including those related to health and safety, he said.
Carbon monoxide has killed some 400 people in North Carolina since 2001, including 39 in Mecklenburg County, an Observer analysis of state death certificate data found. coupons for alamo rent a car More than half of North Carolina s carbon monoxide deaths were accidental, data show.
Before the recent deaths, at least eight hotel guests nationwide had died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the past three years, according to a January investigation by USA Today. More than 170 people have undergone treatment.
In Boone, a state licensing board continues to look into the source of the deadly gas leak. A police investigation into the Best Western, meanwhile, has expanded to two other hotels operated by the same management company.
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