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Westport, CT - A resident turning on a propane-fueled kitchen stove was able to contain the damage after a gas explosion underneath the unit Tuesday morning.Parts of the countertop range and pieces of cabinetry were strewn about the kitchen, but there were no injuries...

New York, NY - A carbon monoxide leak linked to a faulty boiler Tuesday morning has landed a Bronx landlord in hot water.Firefighters responded to a call of a person with difficulty breathing just after 4 a.m. at an apartment building located at 232 East 165th Street...

Claysburg, PA - Several workers at the Sheetz Distribution Center in Claysburg were hospitalized Sunday night after officials detected elevated carbon monoxide levels in a freezer and cooler area.Federal officials are set to investigate the incident, which followed...

Rico, CO - A Rico resident died after the house she was living in exploded Monday evening.The body of Lisa Salliby, 42, was found 30 feet from the explosion site at 340 North Piedmont St., according to the Dolores County Sheriff's Office.The incident is still under...

Bend, OR - A propane pipe exploded in a garage at a Widgi Creek condominium in southwest Bend, causing an estimated $75,000 in damages to the unit, according to a Bend Fire Department news release.Fire officials responded to a call around 1:20 a.m. Sunday morning and...

Holyoke, MA - The residents of an Oak Street apartment building will be displaced up to three days after they were evacuated Thursday morning due to dangerous carbon monoxide levels.Holyoke Fire Capt. Anthony Cerruti could not confirm how many residents were being...

Lewisville, ID - LEWISVILLE — A toxic carbon monoxide leak at a potato cellar in Jefferson County sent 17 people to the hospital on Thursday afternoon.At approximately 3:50 p.m., the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from Ball Brothers Produce at...

Grand Island, NE - A man has died and eight other people -- including firefighters and a police officer -- have been treated for carbonmonoxide poisoning in Grand Island.Firefighters were sent to a home Tuesday on a medical call. They found the man and a woman in the...

Zavalla, TX - A house explosion at 279 Pleasure Drive sent a Zavalla couple to separate hospitals and damaged five other houses Tuesday morning.Zavalla Fire Chief Chris Wade said Lyle West, 82, was taken by flight to a Dallas-area hospital with “serious injuries,” and...

Martin County, MN - Sheriff's officials say a woman has died and four other people have been taken to hospitals after they were overcome by apparent carbon monoxide poisoning while ice fishing in southern Minnesota.Authorities say the group was in an ice shanty on...

Crawford County, MI - Firefighters saved a woman, her dog and two cats from carbon monoxide poisoning.The incident happened Saturday morning in Crawford County.According to the Frederic Fire Department, Firefighter Paramedic Trudeau and Firefighter EMT Lee responded...

Granger, IN - An Indiana family is recovering after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in their home over the weekend.Police say a man was using a gas saw in the basement of a home in Granger on Sunday when he started to have chest pains and called 911.When rescuers...

Grand Junction, CO - Our local fire departments are reminding grand valley residents to check their detectors batteries and have one in every room of your house.Carbon monoxide poisoning kills 400 Americans every year and sends another 20,000 to the emergency room,...

Wayne, NJ - A few patients of CareOne at Wayne complained of headaches that may have been related to elevated carbon monoxide readings Monday afternoon at the care center on Black Oak Ridge Road, police said.Wayne police Capt. Laurence W. Martin said the patients were...

Salt Lake City, UT - Fire crews responded to the area of The Gateway, 135 S. 500 West, on Monday when several people in apartments there reported their carbon monoxide alarms were going off.Salt Lake City Fire Department Capt. Mark Bednarik said the first call came in...