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Pittsfield, ME - One of the two Puritan Medical Products factories in Pittsfield that produce millions of swabs to test for COVID-19 was evacuated Thursday night after employees reported an odor and several complained of trouble breathing. Friday morning, the issue...

Hudson, NJ - Residents were evacuated from a Jersey City apartment building earlier today after reports of high levels of carbon monoxide, officials said. The Jersey City Fire Department arrived at the Soho Lofts at 273 16th St. and evacuated the three lower levels of...

Franklin County, MO - Three men who were found dead at a duplex in Union died of carbon monoxide poisoning after one of the men apparently left his car running in a garage, authorities said Wednesday. Edward G. Huddleston, 74, and his dog were found dead in one...

Saratoga Springs, UT - Twelve people are being treated at local hospitals on Tuesday night after they were poisoned by carbon monoxide. Construction workers at an office building in Saratoga Springs fell ill Tuesday afternoon and contacted authorities, said Kenny...

Portland, OR — 17 people were sickened by a possible carbon monoxide leak in Carlton on Monday. McMinnville Fire officials said 7 different agencies responded to the plant at 10600 Westside Road after reports of a boiler malfunction. 11 people were taken to a...

Oconto, NE -- Two people are in serious condition after a carbon monoxide exposure at a central Nebraska home. Rescue personnel from Oconto and Callaway responded to a rural Oconto home last Thursday for an illness call. Oconto fire officials say a high level of...

Montgomery County, MD - Six people are hospitalized, including several children, following a suspected carbon monoxide leak at an apartment building in Montgomery County, Maryland. It happened on the 14200 block of Weeping Willow Drive off Bel Pre Road in Aspen Hill....

Methuen, MA - A longtime Methuen police officer and his wife are the victims of a carbon monoxide leak in the couple's home, according to the Methuen Police Department. The Essex District Attorney's Office says an 86-year-old man and 85-year-old woman were victims of...

North Potomac, MD - One person died after being found unconscious on Thursday in a North Potomac home with high concentrations of carbon monoxide. Around 5 p.m., residents returned to a house on Amberlea Farm Drive and found a person unconscious and in cardiac arrest,...

Death Valley, CA — No serious injuries were reported after an early morning explosion jolted a Death Valley National Park resort. The incident happened Monday at Stovepipe Wells around 4:30 a.m. The National Park Service (NPS) says a propane leak appears to have...

Ryegate, MT - Officials in central Montana say a propane leak apparently led to an explosion that destroyed a mobile home in the town of Ryegate, killing two people who owned a local bar. Golden Valley County Undersheriff Mark Olson says the explosion happened Friday...

Toler, KY - A natural gas explosion in the basement of a house at Toler in which five people were occupying resulted in two of those occupants being transported to the hospital for burns and cuts. Firefighters said the explosion and resulting fire happened around 2 a....

Clinton Township, OH — Three people were hospitalized Tuesday night with carbon monoxide poisoning in Clinton Township. According to Columbus Fire Battalion Chief Steve Martin, the three victims were taken to Ohio State University Main Hospital. Their conditions are...

Chicago, IL  — Four people were taken to the hospital Tuesday morning after a faulty furnace apparently caused elevated carbon monoxide levels in a high-rise apartment building in Uptown. The Chicago Fire Department said crews responded to 4541 N. Sheridan Rd. and...

Houston, TX -- Families are still recovering from last week's winter storm, and the power outages that led to people searching for ways to stay warm led to hundreds of calls regarding carbon monoxide poisoning. Fire departments in Harris County alone responded to 475...