Officials name cause of fatal carbon monoxide leak

FROHN, Minn. (AP) — Investigators have determined the cause of the carbon monoxide leak that killed a woman and sickened seven other people at a house in northern Minnesota.

Officials with the Beltrami County sheriff's office say Monday the gas leak has been traced to a faulty furnace in the basement and a faulty flue on the water heater.

Also Monday, doctors at Hennepin County Medical Center upgraded the condition of 30-year-old Christopher Crew to serious from critical.

The carbon monoxide leak that sickened Crew on Saturday also caused the death of 50-year-old Coleen Jennings at her home in Beltrami County's Frohn Township.

Five others, including three sheriff's deputies, were also taken to the hospital for less serious injuries. Only one person, besides Crew, remains hospitalized.

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