A carbon-monoxide leak that killed an elderly man and sent more than 100 people to the hospital on Friday at Roanoke College could lead to new legislation in Virginia requiring residential buildings to have carbon-monoxide detectors installed, The Roanoke Times reported today.
The victims of Friday’s accident were people attending two summer programs at the Virginia college, a Lutheran Power in the Spirit conference and an Upward Bound college-preparatory program (The Chronicle, July 14). The dormitories where the attendees were staying do not have the detectors.
College officials say the leak could have come from a problem with a gas-powered hot-water system in the buildings.
