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Worcester, MA - The Worcester Fire Department and the state hazmat team have evacuated apartments on Sunderland Road after getting high carbon monoxide readings.The fire department was called to 270 Sunderland Road just after 9 a.m. for a carbon monoxide detector...

Harrison, PA - The fire that gutted a building on Alabama Avenue in front of Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison earlier this week appears to have been accidental, county investigators say.The township has ordered the demolition of the building, which is threatening...

White Sulphur Springs, MT - WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Mont. (AP) - A central Montana man escaped serious injury when he was thrown from his mobile home in a propane explosion that destroyed the house.Meagher County Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator Rick...

Canastota, NY - Canastota elementary students were temporarily evacuated Thursday morning due to carbon monoxide alarms, according to Canastota Central School District Superintendent June Clarke.A notice posted by Clarke to the district's website says that an issue...

Prescott Valley, AZ - Occupants of a home in the Legend Hills subdivision in Prescott Valley quickly called 911 when an explosion occurred after turning on their fireplace Monday, April 9, according to a Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority (CAFMA) news...

Randallstown, MD - At first, some residents didn't know what to make of the piercing sound, which bellowed through the Carriage Hill apartment complex as if it had come from a cannon."I'm lying down.All you hear is, 'Boom!Boom!Boom!' and then my dog started barking...

Reno, TX - "It's colorless, it's odorless, it's tasteless, we could be breathing it right now and not even know it," said Reno fire chief Chad Graves.Carbon monoxide is a silent killer, something a Reno family almost found out first hand Monday."They woke up in the...

Torrance, CA - Four people were injured Sunday in a possible gas explosion that took place in an apartment building in Torrance, authorities said. The blast took place about 1:15 p.m. inside an apartment building in the 23500 block of Anza Avenue, north of Pacific...

Hazelton, PA - Wednesday and Thursday, 121 workers in a Humboldt Industrial Park plant went to the hospital after carbon monoxide was found in the plant Wednesday afternoon.Hazle Twp. Fire Chief Scott Kostician said the fire company was called to Tech Packaging at...

Cicero, IL- A family of seven was saved by their carbon monoxide detectors Thursday morning in west suburban Cicero.The family was alerted by the detectors to extremely high levels of carbon monoxide in its home, with four of the seven being transported to MacNeal...