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2 injured after gas leak causes home explosion on Detroit’s west side
Detroit, MI - One man is unaccounted for and two others are injured following a house explosion in Detroit early Friday morning, according to Detroit Fire officials. Around 4 a.m., Detroit police, fire and EMS crews responded to the 680 block of Archdale on a report...
Neighbor Smelled Gas Before ‘Explosion,’ House Fire In Kenosha
Kenosha, WI - Firefighters worked to put out flames at a house fire in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Sunday morning. Electrical wires could be heard popping, and bright lights flashed as crews fought the blaze. A person living near the house said there was an explosion, and...
Carbon monoxide poisoning thought to be cause of two deaths in Shasta Vista area
Mount Shasta, CA - Two people were found dead inside what the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office described as “a structure” in the Shasta Vista area of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning Monday night, March 9. Chengfang Su, 66, and Yangmel Wang, 66, both of Sacramento,...
Man, 70, dies by suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in Hyde Park, officials say
Chicago, IL - A 70-year-old man was found dead in a Hyde Park apartment unit Tuesday night after the Chicago Fire Department responded to a carbon monoxide alarm, authorities said. An alarm went off about 9:20 p.m. inside an apartment building in the 800 block of East...
12 taken to hospital for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities say
Macungie Township, PA - Twelve people were taken to a hospital after becoming ill on Saturday night in a home with high levels of carbon monoxide in Lower Macungie Township, authorities report. Macungie Ambulance was dispatched to the home in the 3600 block of Clauss...
5 Hospitalized, Building Evacuated After Carbon Monoxide Scare In Chinatown
New York, NY – A building in Chinatown had to be evacuated overnight after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected. It happened around 10:30 p.m. Sunday on Mulberry Street near Canal Street. Five people were taken to the hospital – one in critical condition, two...
Sunday: residents returned to Carthage nursing home after carbon monoxide leak
Carthage, NY - Most residents of a Carthage nursing home returned to the facility Sunday afternoon, after a carbon monoxide leak forced their evacuation Sunday morning. Roughly 80 residents of the Carthage Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing on West Street were...
Firefighters find “dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide” in Bedford County home
Bedford County, VA — Fire and rescue units responded to a house in Bedford County on Friday morning after dangerous amounts of carbon monoxide triggered a fire alarm. According to the Forest Volunteer Fire Department, units were dispatched to a fire alarm on Colby...
Carbon monoxide leaked for hours at a Virginia Beach day care. Parents were shocked that detectors aren’t required
Virginia Beach, VA — Nikki James Zellner started to panic last Thursday when she pulled onto the street of her children’s day care and saw a host of fire trucks and ambulances. She’d gotten word from Kids Town Learning Center to come pick up her two sons, ages 3 and...
Carbon monoxide readings at Sioux City apartment blamed on gas-powered power washer
Sioux City, IA - Authorities say a gas-powered power washer is to blame for elevated carbon monoxide readings at a Sioux City apartment late Tuesday night. Shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday Sioux City Fire Rescue was called to 75 W. Clifton Avenue in Sioux City to the...