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Houston, TX - WHAT: Residential explosion with gas leak WHEN: December 28, 2021 at 8:59 a.m. WHERE: 400 block of Forest Hill Blvd. 77011 INJURIES: One civilian transported to the hospital. PROPERTY SAVED: $130 thousand in estimated property saved. DAMAGE: $65 thousand...

Portland, ME - Several people reported feeling sick after a gas leak at the Wayside Food Rescue Center in Portland Wednesday afternoon. Crews were called to the facility on Walton Street due to a forklift malfunctioning inside the building, causing carbon monoxide...

Toledo, OH - A suspected gas explosion destroyed a South Toledo home on Monday night, sending one person to the hospital with minor injuries. Fire crews received a call for an explosion near Western and Eldred around 7 p.m. Debris was scattered throughout the area...

Bangor, ME  — A new Maine law kicking off on Jan. 1 requires gas detectors in some commercial businesses and residential properties. The new law responds to the deadly explosion two years ago in Farmington. This device is different from a smoke detector or a carbon...

Chicago, IL — Chicago firefighters responded to a hazmat situation in a building in the city’s River North neighborhood Sunday night, officials confirmed. Around 5:30 p.m., firefighters responded to an eight story building at 59 W. Grand for the Level 1 Hazmat due to...

Moorhead, MN -- Seven members of an immigrant family from Honduras whose bodies were found inside a Minnesota home last weekend died of apparently accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said Wednesday. Relatives of the family discovered the victims Saturday...

Shakopee, MN — Shakopee public safety officials say eight people are recovering after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning early Tuesday. A city spokesman says police were dispatched to a townhome on the 1500 block of Coneflower Lane after a resident called 911 to...

New York, NY -- Five people, including a child, were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide incident in Queens. It happened around 1:30 p.m. on 198th Street and 115th Avenue in Jamaica. Firefighters and FDNY responded to the scene, where they discovered elevated levels...

Evanston, IL - Six people were hospitalized Sunday afternoon following a carbon monoxide leak in an Evanston church. About 12:40 p.m., fire crews responded to a call of a toddler unresponsive at Mount Pisgah Ministry in the 1800 block of Church Street. The carbon...

Norton Shores, MI — Dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide were found at a Norton Shores residence by the Norton Shores Fire Department (NSFD). At 5:18 a.m. on December 19, 2021, Blue Shift Personnel were sent to a home in the 6500 block of Lake harbor Rd. in...

Aurora, CO – Two people were taken to the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak overnight in Aurora. It happened at an apartment building on the 1600 block of North Hanover Street. The emergency call came in just after 11 p.m. on Thursday. Aurora Fire Rescue...

Selah, WA - Selah police are investigating the deaths of three people from possible carbon monoxide poisoning at a Speyers Road home. Selah police were called to the home around 1 p.m. Thursday, Chief Dan Christman said. One of the teenagers in the house called a...

Pittsburg, CA -- Officials in Pittsburg are investigating the death of a woman believed to have died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a home. Three children and a man who was disoriented and incoherent were also found in the home near Vincent and School Streets just...

Morehead City, NC — One person was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries Tuesday afternoon after a likely vapor explosion led to a boat fire at the Morehead City 10th Street boat ramp. Assistant Morehead City Fire Chief Dykeman Baily said the explosion was...

Vineland, NJ - Authorities say two women were hurt when a suspected gas leak caused their South Jersey home to explode. Firefighters and emergency medical crews responded to a home on the 3700 block of Cornucopia Avenue around 12:30 p.m. Authorities say a woman, her...