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Lebanon, OH - Employees from Pax Corrugated Products were taken to the hospital after a carbon monoxide scare at their company in Lebanon.According to police, the incident happened around 6:45 p.m.Pax Corrugated Products is located in the 1800 block of Kingsview...

Springfield, MA - Carbon monoxide fumes from a worker using a gasoline-powered saw indoors prompted the emergency evacuation of an Allen Street strip mall Wednesday afternoon.The Fire Department was initially summoned to 1504 Allen St. for a report of a natural gas...

Vergas, MN - A man is dead and a handful of others sickened after being overcome by carbon monoxide Monday near Perham.A spokesman for the Ottertail County Sheriff's Department says the 67-year-old homeowner was alone in the home in rural Vergas when his wife...

Winnebago, NE - Nebraska state investigators have determined a propane heater malfunction caused a home explosion in Winnebago, Nebraska on Monday.87 year old Tony Pycha was the only one inside the home when the heater blew up.Pycha was taken to Mercy Medical Center...

Alliance, OH - Residents of an Alliance-area house escaped injury Sunday morning when their house at 1271 Case Road in Columbiana County's Knox Township exploded because of a buildup of natural gas."They had a gas leak," said Chief Ed Reichenbach of the North...

Bedford Hills, NY - Amid bitter cold, the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning increases with windows shut and the heat cranked up.As CBS2's Lou Young reported residents of a Westchester County building ended up sick from carbon monoxide — except for the resident who...

Houston, TX - Firefighters believe carbon monoxide gas leaked into a southwest Houston apartment building, killing one resident and making several others sick. Paramedics rushed 8 victims to the hospital.Firefighters were initially called to the Aberdeen Apartments at...

Sisters, OR - A Sisters man died of carbon monoxide poisoning while sleeping in his car over the weekend.According to Deschutes County Sheriff's Office reports, a citizen called on Saturday, December 17, at 3:30 p.m. to request a welfare check on a homeless person,...

Durham, NC - Two people were taken to Duke University Hospital Thursday evening as high-levels of carbon monoxide were discovered at a Durham apartment complex.Durham officials didn't know the patients' conditions Friday morning.The Durham Fire Department responded to...

Euclid, OH - Two people and two pets were sickened after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday morning. The Euclid Fire Department said a dad and his son were taken to Richmond Heights Hospital.They were conscious and breathing when they were...

Belmond, IA - An explosion and fire Monday, Dec. 12 about 5 p.m. destroyed the home of Bob and Kathy Vierkant and sent Mr. Vierkant to the burn unit at University Hospitals in Iowa City. The house is located about a mile north of Belmond on Taylor...

South Sioux City, NE - Two elderly South Sioux City residents were found dead Wednesday afternoon at their home on Crystal View Court.South Sioux City police lieutenant Chris Chernock say the couple, in their mid to late 80's, died from carbon monoxide poisoning.He...

Columbus, OH - Ten people at a Near East Side nursing home have been taken to local hospitals for treatment of suspected carbon-monoxide poisoning on Tuesday evening.The Columbus Division of Fire was called around 5 p.m. to Bryden Place, 1169 Bryden Rd., by a person...

Mandan, ND - A mother and father are dead after a house explosion rocked an entire neighborhood north of Mandan early Wednesday.Killed were Clyde and Elizabeth Howe, the family confirmed.Elizabeth Howe's daughter, Elianna Vazquez, is in stable condition at a local...

West Hazleton, PA - High levels of carbon monoxide temporarily displaced two families Monday morning in West Hazleton.West Hazleton Fire Chief Shawn Evans said the call came from 222 E. Broad St., where the residents' carbon monoxide alarm sounded. Firefighters found...