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Father and Son Escape NH Home After Explosion, Fire Cause Severe Damage
Hampstead, NH - A New Hampshire man woke up Friday morning to an explosion and fire at his house in Hampstead. Nathan Close, who lives on School Street, says he was sleeping when the explosion happened, but he woke quickly. His son and their dog were in the other...
Man hospitalized with severe burns after gas explosion in Lolo
Lolo, MT - One man is in St. Patrick Hospital with severe burns over half his body after a gas explosion that occurred in Lolo late Monday night. Mike Bowman, Battalion Chief with Missoula Rural Fire reported that crews were dispatched to a residence on Manor...
Expert says Evansville explosion ‘has all the footprints’ of a natural gas leak
Evansville, IN — Officials have yet to publicly identify a cause to Wednesday's deadly home explosion, but outside experts said the blast bears many of the hallmarks found in incidents caused by a natural gas leak. Such incidents have have killed more than 100...
1 dead, 9 injured in gas explosion at Missouri home
Wyatt, MO -- A gas explosion Monday at a southeast Missouri home killed one person and injured nine others, authorities said. The explosion happened around 7 a.m. in Wyatt, a town of about 280 people that's about 130 miles (210 kilometers) south of St. Louis, Capt....
Police investigating Norton house explosion, fire
Norton, VA — Norton and Virginia State Police are investigating the cause of an early Sunday explosion and fire that left one dead and two injured in Norton. Norton Fire Chief Todd Lagow said city dispatchers received the call of a house fire with explosions at 2:27...
York man killed, wife hospitalized after suspected carbon monoxide poisoning
York, PA – A York man was killed after a suspected accidental carbon monoxide poisoning incident, according to the York County Coroner’s Office. The coroner’s office responded to the 200 block of Kralltown Road at 9:27 a.m. for a fatality possibly involving carbon...
Water heater explodes; fire destroys home
Lucasville, OH - A mother’s time in the tub was interrupted by an explosion at her home. Samantha Brewer says she’d just put her kids to bed Monday night and was taking a shower at her home on Salt Creek Road in Lucasville when she heard and felt an explosion. “The...
‘We are a resilient family’: Three injured in Pike County home explosion
Dorton, KY - Three people were injured Monday morning after an explosion leveled a home in the Dorton community of Pike County. US 23 was temporarily shut down, used as a landing zone to lift people out of the area, as two people were flown from the scene and one...
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Lynn Township, Lehigh County Sends 2 Adults, 10-Year-Old Child To Hospital
Lynn Township, PA — A family was sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning in Lehigh County on Thursday morning. Firefighters are on the scene along the 7400 block of Camp Meeting Road in Lynn Township, Lehigh County. CBS3 has learned that two adults and a 10-year-old...
Man found dead in Jeannette from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning
Jeannette, PA - A man was found dead in Jeannette from what his family suspects is carbon monoxide poisoning. The call for help came in around 2 p.m. Thursday at a home on Wiley Avenue. The victim was found unresponsive next to a portable generator in his basement....