Pikesville CO victims identified

PIKESVILLE, Md. - Enael Lemus and Nelvin Salguero are the two men that died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a Pikesville home last weekend.

Pictures of both men are now on a donation box friends say is meant to raise money for their families.

"After this we don't have any help to try and send them back, we don't have any money so we made this to see if anybody could help and they could open up their hearts to put some money in here," said family friend Noe Romero.

Romero’s goal is to place the boxes in area stores and raise enough money to send the two men back home to Guatemala.

Each leaves behind a wife and children…families, we're told by friends, they tried to provide for by illegally working here in the states.

"It's hard. It's hard to take the news but we're trying to get through it, trying to see what we could do about this," said Romero.

But the loss may not be the only worry.

The owner of this home says he was renting to the two men and according to county law, every rental property needs to have carbon monoxide detectors.

The owner, who survived the leak himself, says he was unaware of the law.

"I don't feel good. Real bad. We lost two people in a family," said home owner Santos Martinez.

And Martinez may face possible fines as the county continues to investigate how this happened and why.

"The county's inspectors will look at whether or not this property had been rented illegally and take the appropriate action," said Baltimore County Fire Spokesperson Elise Armacost.

Eight others in the house and three first responders were transported to the hospital as well.

They are all out of the hospital tonight and doing well.