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Washington, DC - Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., unveiled a bill Tuesday requiring carbon monoxide detectors in federally subsidized public housing, after an NBC News investigation showed how a widespread lack of the devices posed a threat to millions of low-income...

Guilderland, NY - Two Guilderland residents of 17 Morningside Drive suffered carbon-monoxide poisoning on Feb. 23, according to Guilderland Police, and were taken to Albany Medical Center.After a severe windstorm had knocked out power to their home, the man and woman...

Crest Hill, IL- Two National Cleaners and Laundry workers and a police officer became ill after they were exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide, according to a Lockport Township fire news release.The heating system at the store on North Larkin Avenue in Crest Hill...

Nassau County, NY - Carbon monoxide poisoning left a Bellerose Terrace woman critically ill and landed four others in the hospital early Saturday, officials said.The woman's son woke up with a headache shortly before 4 a.m. and found his mother unresponsive, said...

Elmont, NY - Nassau County police saved an Elmont family from carbon monoxide poisoning early Thursday morning.According to police, officers responded to a home on Meacham Avenue just after 7:15 a.m. When they arrived, they found a 60-year-old man unconscious inside...

Latta, SC - One teenager has died and another remains hospitalized from carbon monoxide poisoning in a clubhouse.Maxwell Gabriel "Bubba"' Moody, 18, of Latta, SC, died Sunday, according to Dillon County Coroner Donnie Grimsley. According to his obituary, Moody died in...

Manchester, CT - Three people were taken to the hospital after a carbon monoxide incident at a multi-family home in Manchester on Wednesday morning, according to Manchester Fire Department.Firefighters said a resident called 911 to report the odor of heating oil...

Cedar Mountain, UT - A cabin in Duck Creek Village exploded last Saturday night while 3 people and an infant were inside. Luckily, only minor injuries were sustained and all four made it out relatively unscathed.Cedar Mountain Fire Protection District Chief Casey...

Sterling, MA - An elderly man in Sterling is recovering after he was exposed to carbon monoxide. A neighbor called 911 for help just in time.“He says, ‘I am not in a good way,’” said Teresa Favreau of her conversation with her neighbor.If you have your choice of...

Airmont, NY - A mother and her two daughters are being treated after apparent carbon monoxide exposure in Airmont Tuesday morning, police said.The mother, 54, and her two daughters, 16 and 15, were found unconscious in the home on Bolger Lane.Authorities say the...

Volusia County, FL - A Central Florida couple is crediting Bella for saving their lives. Bella is not their daughter or their dog, she is their cat.Paul and Leona Jones say when they got home from eating dinner on Feb. 27, they just wanted to get inside out of the...

Columbia, SC - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is facing pressure to tighten federal carbon monoxide protections after two residents at a Columbia, S.C., public housing complex died as a result of the deadly gas.On Jan. 17, the bodies of Derrick...

Waterloo, IA - A Waterloo apartment house was shut down over the weekend following a carbon monoxide leak.When crews with Waterloo Fire Rescue arrived at 1021 South St., a house converted into four-apartments, on Sunday afternoon, they found levels around 30 to 40...

Omaha, NE - A man and a woman have died of carbon monoxide poisoning after a vehicle was left running in an attached garage in a house near 56th and Spring Streets, Omaha police and fire officials said Monday.Police said officers responded to 5614 Spring St. at 10:52...

Star Valley, WY - A house was obliterated by an explosion this morning in Alpine, Wyo.Buckrail is working on piecing together more details but at this time emergency units are sifting through the remains of a home on Alpine Circle in the Airpark subdivision of Alpine...