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Selah police find 3 dead in possible carbon monoxide case
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...
Woman dies, 3 children hospitalized after possible carbon monoxide poisoning at Pittsburg home
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...
One person injured in boat fire likely caused by vapor explosion Tuesday at Morehead City boat ramp
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...
Suspected gas leak causes home explosion in Vineland, 2 women hurt
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...
Hermon house a total loss after propane tank explosion and fire
Hermon, ME - A Hermon house is a total loss after a propane tank exploded and the home caught on fire. The fire at 876 Blackstream Road was first called in at 6:16 p.m., Hermon Fire Capt. Chandler Corriveau said. The fire began with heavy flames in the backside of the...
Saturday’s house explosion cause inconclusive, but propane could be responsible per fire officials
Polk County, GA - Residents around the site of a home that exploded then caught fire near the county line on Winkle Road are still recovering with the help of the American Red Cross, and officials have listed the cause thus far as inconclusive but believe that propane...
Snowplow displaces eight after fire and explosion at Waupaca apartments
Waupaca, WI - Eight people escaped an apartment building fire this morning in Waupaca, without injury. Crews responded to a report of a gas leak at the Countryside Estates apartments on 517 Wisconsin St at 9:02 a.m. The apartment building is for the elderly and people...
Family safe after explosion triggers house fire near Wilber
Wilber, NE — A southeast Nebraska family is safe after an explosion at their home set off a large fire. Wilber Fire and Rescue responded to reports of a fire about 13 miles west of Wilber on County Road 1200 shortly after 4:30 Wednesday afternoon. Fire Chief Scott...
Carbon monoxide poisoning suspected in Bucks woman’s death; two men taken to hospital
East Rockhill Township, PA - Carbon monoxide poisoning is the suspected cause of a woman’s death Wednesday afternoon in her East Rockhill Township home, authorities said. Susan Hess, 51, was pronounced dead by the Bucks County coroner’s office in the home in the 2000...
Undetected carbon monoxide leak nearly kills family of 7
Summit County, CO — A Summit County family is lucky to be alive, fire officials say, after they flipped on a faulty furnace that poured toxic fumes into their home. According to Summit Fire & EMS spokesman Steve Lipsher, a Summit County Sheriff’s deputy pulled...
High levels of carbon monoxide found inside Agawam apartment building
Agawam, MA - Seven apartments evacuated after carbon monoxide detector alerts resident Friday morning. According to a news release sent to 22News from Agawam Fire Chief Alan Sirois, at around 1 a.m. crews were called to a report of high levels of carbon monoxide at...
Local couple die from carbon monoxide poisoning
Point Roberts, WA - Gail Amundsen and Murray Church, longtime residents of Point Roberts, were discovered dead in their home on Calder Drive on Thanksgiving Day evening. The presumptive cause of death was declared by Whatcom County Medical Examiner Gary Goldfogel, MD,...
Family exposed to deadly carbon monoxide levels, blames landlord for not making repairs
St. Louis, MO - A North County mother's nightmare began when her and her four children were exposed to carbon monoxide last month. The gas is deadly and can go undetected without proper at-home testing devices. The woman is blaming her landlord for putting the family...
House explodes in Brooklyn injuring at least 6, displacing dozens
Brooklyn, NY - More than 130 firefighters responded to the blaze that spread to adjoining buildings and around to Jamaica Avenue. Several buildings in the area were evacuated. Video of the powerful explosion shows a massive ball of fire shoot from the building into...
DC carbon monoxide poisoning hospitalizes, displaces several people and pets
Washington, DC - D.C. officials confirmed that two adults and a child were hospitalized after exposure to high carbon monoxide levels in their homes. D.C. Fire and EMS were initially sent to the 1200 block of Raum Street in Northeast for a alleged gas leak on Sunday...