{"id":164724,"date":"2025-09-27T22:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T22:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/164724\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T22:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T22:46:09","slug":"man-dead-and-seven-treated-for-effects-of-carbon-monoxide-in-bloxwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/164724\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dead and seven treated for ‘effects of carbon monoxide’ in Bloxwich"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caroline GallWest Midlands<\/p>\n

\"MichaelMichael Coulson<\/p>\n

Walsall councillor Michael Coulson described the incident as an “awful tragedy” <\/p>\n

A man has died and seven people have been treated for the suspected effects of carbon monoxide poisoning at a takeaway.<\/p>\n

Emergency crews were sent to a shop in Cresswell Crescent, Bloxwich, West Midlands, on Friday night after concerns were raised over the welfare of a man.<\/p>\n

A man in his 50s was confirmed dead, with seven others, including emergency service workers, treated at the scene and at hospital, West Midlands Police said.<\/p>\n

A number of nearby properties were temporarily evacuated, at about 21:40 BST. Walsall councillor Michael Coulson said the premises, called Timmy’s Pizza, were being refurbished and he believed a generator had released toxic gasses.<\/p>\n

Police said they were now working with the Health and Safety Executive to establish what had happened.<\/p>\n

Cara Jackson, 23, who was working at the neighbouring One Stop convenience store and lives nearby, said she had seen medics trying to save the man’s life.<\/p>\n

“There were three ambulances, four cop cars, a fire engine and the forensics obviously came after,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I did see them doing CPR… I did see everything that happened.<\/p>\n

“I don’t really feel the best today because obviously I breathed it all in.”<\/p>\n

‘Didn’t really sleep’<\/p>\n

Ms Jackson and her colleague were evacuated from shop while tests were performed.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t really sleep last night,” Ms Jackson continued.<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t like scared to sleep but… the fire brigade told us we’re lucky because if we went to sleep last night we wouldn’t have woke back up.”<\/p>\n

People had been allowed to return home at about 03:00 BST after safety tests were completed, Coulson said.<\/p>\n

Nearby shops, including a chip shop and pharmacy, had been able to open on Saturday, he added.<\/p>\n

He also said he had spoken to three men at the shop on Friday evening prior to the incident.<\/p>\n

“I had done two litter picks around the shops in the last few days, including one completed just after 7pm last night, and I briefly spoke to those setting up the takeaway on both occasions,” Coulson said.<\/p>\n

Four residents and two emergency responders had also needed medical treatment, he said.<\/p>\n

‘Awful tragedy’<\/p>\n

Coulson said he believed the generator had been being operated without enough ventilation.<\/p>\n

He added: “My thoughts are with the deceased, and all affected by this awful tragedy.”<\/p>\n

In a statement, police said they had attended the scene at about 21:40. <\/p>\n

“Other emergency services were also in attendance and a man in his 50s was sadly confirmed dead at the scene,” they said. <\/p>\n

“Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this devastating time.<\/p>\n

“Seven other people – including emergency service workers – were treated at the scene for the suspected effects of carbon monoxide poisoning. Some were taken to hospital for further assessment.<\/p>\n

“A small number of nearby properties were temporarily evacuated but occupants have since been able to return.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caroline GallWest Midlands Michael Coulson Walsall councillor Michael Coulson described the incident as an “awful tragedy” A man…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-164724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}