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Carbon monoxide exposure claims life in Detroit-area home

Wayne, MI - Authorities say one person has died and another taken to a hospital because of carbon monoxide exposure in a Detroit-area apartment.Fire officials say crews went to the Hickory Hollow Cooperative apartment complex in Wayne Friday evening after getting a...

Man, 20, killed after explosion levels central Illinois home

Sullivan, IL - A 20-year-old man has died after an explosion leveled a home in central Illinois.The (Decatur) Herald & Review reports the explosion occurred just before 10 p.m. Friday near Sullivan. Fire Chief Mike Piper said the home was fully engulfed in flames when...

Three sickened by carbon monoxide in Near West Side apartment

Madison, WI - Three people became ill from carbon monoxide fumes Thursday afternoon in their Near West Side apartment, the fumes apparently coming in through the furnace vent system.The incident happened at about 12:30 p.m. in the Oak Tree Apartments in the 2100 block...

6 Hospitalized After Carbon Monoxide Leak In Marquette Park

Chicago, IL- Six people went to the hospital Thursday morning, after firefighters discovered a carbon monoxide leak at a home in the Marquette Park neighborhood.Paramedics responded to a call for a sick person at a home near 64th and Homan around 1:15 a.m. When they...

Gas explosion at apartment complex displaces residents

Portsmouth, OH - No one was injured in a natural gas explosion at an apartment complex Thursday afternoon.As of 8:30 Thursday evening, crews from Columbia Gas were still on the scene along Coles Boulevard isolating leaks and doing repairs, Portsmouth Police Chief...

Two people and pets die of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in NH

Lyman, NH - The New Hampshire Fire Marshal's Office says two people and several pets died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in Lyman, New Hampshire.State Fire Marshal Paul Parisi said crews responded to 29 Wilderness Acres Road around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday for...