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Carbon Monoxide Kills Two in Snyder County

Snyder County, PA - A pair of deaths in Snyder County have been ruled accidental.In late March, 15-year-old Jada and 41-year-old Donovan Gillison were found dead inside their home near Selinsgrove.Investigators say that testing results from both bodies show that both...

Carter Co. father, son dead from carbon monoxide

Carter County, TN - A preliminary investigation shows two Carter County, Tennessee men died from carbon monoxide poisoning inside their home.Sheriff Dexter Lunceford reported friends and family members found the bodies of Floyd Ayers, 71, and his son David Ayers, 50,...

3 hospitalized when Holly Springs home fills with carbon monoxide

Holly Springs, NC - Two Holly Springs children and their mother were taken to the hospital early Wednesday morning to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning.Authorities said the family was asleep in the house on Sarrucca Court when they felt nauseated. Someone...

Novi hotel evacuated after carbon monoxide leak

Detroit, MI - The Novi Oaks Hotel was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after high carbon monoxide levels were found at the site, fire officials reported.Crews were called to the building on South Karevich Drive, near Twelve Oaks Mall, about 5:20 p.m. and determined...

Snow-covered propane tanks still a hazard in Sierra

Truckee, CA - Back in April of 2011 a home on Bales Road inexplicably exploded.No one was home, and no one was outside to get injured or even killed by the impact.Before this year, 2011 was the last heavy snow year, and investigators found at that time, a crack within...

Investigators: Loveland Motel Explosion Caused by Gas Leak

Loveland, CO - An explosion and fire at a motel in northern Colorado that injured three people, including a firefighter, was caused by a gas leak.Investigators with the Loveland Fire Rescue Authority say the gas leak at the Rosebud Motel was ignited when a resident...

3 firefighters exposed to carbon monoxide at Moreno Valley apartment

Moreno Valley, CA - Three firefighters had to go a hospital after they were exposed to carbon monoxide in a Moreno Valley apartment complex early Sunday, April 23.The firefighters had responded at 12:42 a.m. to a report of a carbon monoxide alarm going off in the...

3 Men Hospitalized From Elevated Levels Of Carbon Monoxide

Chicago, IL - A near West Side mid-rise condo building was evacuated and three people were hospitalized after running a gas powered engine indoors.The Fire Department found elevated levels of carbon monoxide in the condo building, located at the corner of Adams and...

Police: Carbon monoxide likely killed 3 on LCO reservation

Hayward, WI - Sawyer County and tribal authorities are investigating the deaths of three people found inside a home on the Lac Courte Oreilles (la-coot-oh-ray) Reservation near Hayward in northwestern Wisconsin.The tribal police department said in a statement Friday...

Elderly couple found dead in gas-filled apartment

New York, NY - A woman found her elderly parents dead in their Manhattan apartment early Sunday and carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected in their deaths.'The smell hit me in the face and I ran to open up the terrace door, ' he said, adding that he at first thought...

Two Bodies Uncovered After CO House Explosion

Firestone, CO - Two bodies were found Tuesday in the basement of a Firestone house that had exploded into flames late Monday, after investigators spent the day peeling away debris in a search for two people missing since the blast."The two missing individuals have...

3 injured in explosion, massive fire on Far South Side

Chicago, IL- Three people were injured when a massive fire — triggered by a natural gas explosion — tore through a Far South Side apartment building on Saturday morning in the East Side neighborhood.Crews were called about 6 a.m. to the blaze in the 9600 block of...