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New York, NY - High levels of carbon monoxide spewed by a faulty oil burner that caught fire in the basement of a Lower Manhattan apartment building sickened 34 people Tuesday morning, according to the Fire Department. None of the illnesses were life-threatening, the...

Piscataway, NJ - A house exploded early Sunday in Piscataway and the homeowner was burned, but survived the fiery blast, witnesses said.The house on Hopkinson Avenue was completely leveled. The burned-out shell of a car could be seen amid the smoldering remains.Mayor...

Gretna, NE - A Gretna family is doing better after surviving dangerous levels of carbon monoxide. A decision to call 9-1-1 likely saved three lives.The Minnick family will never take a breath of fresh air for granted.Natalie Minnick said, “We're lucky to be alive.”...

Staten Island, NY - Thirty people from nine businesses along a Tottenville commercial strip were evacuated by city firefighters (FDNY) Saturday morning after a carbon monoxide alarm sounded, according to an FDNY spokesman.About 60 firefighters evacuated all occupants...

Cobb County, GA - A family has a warning for others after two young daughters were rushed to a hospital after inhaling toxic fumes from a houseboat.Emalynne and McKenzie Thomas, ages 7 and 4, were playing on a float behind their grandmother's houseboat on Allatoona...

Northampton, MA - More than a dozen people had to be evacuated from a dialysis center in Northampton, due to a carbon monoxide leak Friday morning.Northampton Fire Capt. Larry Therrian told 22News that the leak was detected at around 9:40 at the Fresenius Kidney Care...

Dallas, TX - Authorities suspect carbon monoxide poisoning in the deaths of three people whose bodies have been found in a house in eastern Dallas.A Dallas Fire-Rescue statement says the situation came to light about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday when a relative of the family...

Chicago, IL- A man and his teenage son would have died overnight had they not been removed from their home on Thursday in the Englewood neighborhood as it filled with deadly fumes.Firefighters responded about 5:10 p.m. to the home in the 600 block of West Englewood...

Osceola, TX - World War II veteran Albert Sulak, 94, who was killed early Wednesday morning when his house exploded in Osceola, near Itasca, in Hill County, was a lifelong Central Texas farmer and rancher.A Rosary will be recited at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Aderhold...

Bridgton, ME - Fire investigators say Tuesday night's mobile home explosion in Bridgton was caused by escaping propane.Maine State Police say the homeowner, 84-year-old Thomas Hunt, had changed the supply bottle of propane and was bleeding the air from the line when...

North Platte, NE - A North Platte family is very grateful to be alive after they were rushed to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday night.The family returned to their apartment Monday, and their landlord came to check on them. When Chris Brown arrived,...

Chicago, IL- A woman was dead on the scene and two other adults were taken to hospitals after they were sickened by carbon monoxide fumes Saturday night on the Far South Side.Emergency crews were called to a home in the 11300 block of South Church Street in the Morgan...

Woodbury, PA - A Bedford County couple died of carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday.Coroner Russell Styer pronounced Rose Hoffman, 72, and Terrence Hoffman, 68, dead at the scene at 10:15 p.m. at their house on Hickory Bottom Road.Styer ruled both deaths accidental.

Fargo, ND - A girl was sickened by carbon monoxide in the pool area of La Quinta Inn and Suites and taken to a local hospital Monday, May, 29, a Fargo Fire Department spokesman said.Firefighters were called about 10:45 a.m. to the hotel at 2355 46th St. S., said...

Peetz, CO - Logan County first responders used an emergency notification call to evacuate about 25 homes within two miles of East Cheyenne Gas Storage because of a natural gas leak from a well on Friday.The facility stores natural gas underground.On Thursday, a safety...