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Chicago, IL- Three children and two adults were taken to area hospitals Saturday afternoon after they were made sick by carbon monoxide at a building in the Austin neighborhood.Shortly before 3 p.m., firefighters responded to a 1 and 1/2 frame building in the 4900...

Isabella County, MI - Two Isabella County firefighters were hospitalized Thursday night after showing signs of carbon monoxide poisoning during a training session at a fire station.Fremont Township Fire and Rescue was hosting a regularly-scheduled monthly training...

Palmyra, WI - Two workers at a packaging plant in Palmyra were sickened Friday by carbon monoxide fumes from a propane-powered forklift, fire department officials said.Shortly after 2:30 p.m. police and first responders were sent to a reported medical emergency at...

Detroit, MI - A family of three is in the hospital after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning at their west Detroit home.A woman and her children were poisoned by a generator releasing carbon monoxide inside their home in the 1900 block of Montrose.The Detroit Fire...

Whitehall, OH - Five-year-old Gabriel Chinchilla is getting credit for saving his family last week after their home filled with high levels of carbon monoxide.The family had a security system installed that included a carbon monoxide detector that same day.Gabriel...

Houston, TX - Nine people were evacuated from a Houston home after suffering severe carbon monoxide poisoning Monday night in a case firefighters said could easily have been fatal.Houston Fire Chief Christian Hartley said one resident at the home on Corn Street called...

Ogden, UT - A man was rescued from the roof of a burning Ogden home following an explosion inside the residence Tuesday.Ogden deputy fire chief Eric Bauman said the man was hospitalized after his rescue from the home located at 2831 S. Monroe Boulevard. The man's...

Rock Island, IL- Rock Island Fire Marshal Greg Marty says the explosion inside Vintage Rose Jewelry and Antiques was the result of a propane explosion. Marty says it was caused by equipment being used at the time for jewelry repair. Construction crews are currently...

Naples, ME - Two people were taken to the hospital after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning Monday afternoon in Naples.Naples Fire Chief Chris Pond said carbon monoxide levels inside the single-family home at 4 Bayou Road were dangerously high.Pond said firefighters...

Rochester, MN - Elevated carbon monoxide levels in a home in northwest Rochester sends a woman to the hospital Friday morning.While the rest of her family was sleeping, Donna Skrukrud was taking her dogs out when she began feeling ill and worried that she would pass...

Waltham, MA - Five children and a woman were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes at a Waltham laundromat Sunday afternoon.Waltham firefighters were called to Clear Water Laundromat on River Street for elevated CO levels shortly before 2 p.m.“It's very scary,” Lori...

Bridgewater, NJ - Twenty employees at Baker & Taylor at 1120 Route 22 East were treated for carbon monoxide exposure Friday afternoon.As of 3 p.m., three employees of the book processing center had been taken to local hospitals for treatment. The other employees are...

Springfield, MI - An 11-year-old girl has died and her mother and the woman's boyfriend are in critical condition due to apparent carbon monoxide poisoning inside a southern Michigan building that was serving as a makeshift home.The Calhoun County sheriff's department...

Washington, DC - Fire officials say five adults and three children were taken to hospitals after they were exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide in southeast Washington.D.C. Fire and EMS officials tweeted that crews were called to 16th Street southeast late...

Clear Spring, MD - A carbon-monoxide leak at a Clear Spring hotel could have been deadly had an ambulance crew not been called there Thursday night to help a person with a medical condition, according to a fire official.Zach Reid, deputy chief of the Clear Spring...