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Cookeville, TN - The Putnam County Library is closed until further notice after seven employees were hospitalized from exposure to high levels of carbon monoxide Monday.Around 10:45 a.m., employees reportedly began feeling sick from the odorless fumes. Employees...

Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Fire & Rescue reports a woman was apparently killed Thursday night in a Northwest Las Vegas home by carbon monoxide poisoning produced from outdoor cooking devices used for heating.The woman's boyfriend flagged a passerby about 5 p.m. in the...

Canal Fulton, OH - The owner of a well-known dairy supply company in northeast Ohio and his wife were found dead Thursday morning, apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning.David Hill, 57, and his wife, Shin, 69, were found Dec. 1 in their home by Summit County...

Green, OH - Two people found dead in a home Thursday may have been killed by accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, investigators said.The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office and the Summit County Sheriff's Department were investigating the deaths.According to a...

Atlanta, GA - Authorities are investigating after two people were found dead at a Buckhead apartment complex.Officials said two people were dead on two different floors of The Darlington on Peachtree Street.One person was found on the 6th floor and the other on the...

Green Bay, WI - Three people were poisoned by carbon monoxide in Green Bay. Two of them were young children, who needed special treatment in a hyperbaric chamber.The Green Bay Metro Fire Department says rescue crews were called about a sick child at a home in the 2400...

Nassau County, NY - City officials closed the Long Beach Ice Arena for several hours Wednesday after youth hockey players reported feeling sick during the previous night's practice.Firefighters then found elevated carbon monoxide levels — in some areas, as high as...

Port Washington, NY - Ten people were hospitalized after becoming ill from carbon monoxide fumes that came from a Port Washington restaurant Wednesday morning, police say.According to authorities, Eastern Strawberry Restaurant, located at 704 Port Washington Blvd.,...

Sedona, AZ - Eight members of a Sedona family are recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning because of gas leaking from the furnace.Units from the Sedona Fire District were called to the family's home shortly after 9:30 Monday morning.An adult male was experiencing...

Pine Island, NY - PINE ISLAND - An explosion leveled a Pine Island house Tuesday afternoon.The explosion, which could be heard for miles, leveled the house at 91 Walling Road around 3:30 p.m.Authorities say the homeowner came home and immediately smelled gas when she...

Hamilton, NJ - Firefighters evacuated the McCorristin Square senior apartments on Leonard Avenue Monday after carbon monoxide filled the building, officials said.No residents were injured during the incident, which began at about 11 a.m. at the complex off Cedar Lane,...

Burton, SC - A local family of five was saved from toxic fumes in their home Friday thanks to the activation of their carbon monoxide detector.The Burton Fire District responded to the alarm at the residence in Burton, just before 7 a.m. The family heard the alarm and...

Elyria, OH - Authorities say multiple people have been hospitalized after 70 employees were exposed to carbon monoxide fumes at an Ohio business.Lorain County Automotive Systems in Elyria was evacuated Wednesday night after an employee reported having chest pains and...

Hammond, IN - Debris from an explosion at a church annex Monday blew out windows at a home next door and landed on the home's roof, officials said.The cause of the explosion that burned a Bethel Congregational Church deacon remained under investigation Tuesday...

Salisbury, NC - Eighteen people are being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after spending time inside a house in Salisbury on Tuesday, according to emergency officials, and the homeowner says he doesn't know how the generator ended up inside his home.The cases...