A young couple and two cats found dead in their Berkeley, Calif., apartment may have been overcome by fumes vented from a 3D printer. CBS News reports that 35-year-old Roger Morash and 32-year-old Valerie Morash were discovered in the morning by a visitor.
The source said that the couple was using a laser 3-D printer that was venting into their residence. Symptoms and signs consistent with carbon monoxide poisoning were found in their bodies.
Police evacuated the apartment building and called in PG&E and the fire department’s hazardous materials team to look for a gas leak or some other hazard but no contaminant was found.
There's some alarm online about the identification of a 3D printer as generating carbon monoxide (the fine particles are a known risk), but it's possible the source might have meant a CNC machine of another kind.
There's a crowdfunding effort underway to support the victims' families; SFGate reports that a memorial for the Morashes was held Saturday.
