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Sunset Hills, MO - A potentially deadly situation at an area hotel had emergency crews evacuating guests Friday evening.Laclede Gas, the Melville Fire Protection District, and Sunset Hills Police Department responded to the Hampton Inn at Lindbergh Boulevard amid...

St. Paul,, MN - ST. PAUL — Seven-year-old Sophia Baechler went for a boat ride with her family on Lake Minnetonka one day last October, but 20 minutes into the trip she complained of a headache and said the motor sounded loud.Her parents thought she was simply tired...

Medford, OR - A carbon monoxide leak at an Oregon candy factory has sent four people to the hospital and sickened four others.The Medford Mail Tribune reports that 11 workers were inside Pete's Gourmet Confections on Wednesday when the leak happened.Medford...

Washington, DC - Two people were taken to a hospital Thursday after they were apparently overcome by carbon monoxide at a Southeast D.C. church.Someone called 911 around 9:30 a.m., saying there was a possible carbon monoxide issue at St. Peter's Church, located at 313...

Detroit, MI - Two men were found dead from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday night.They were found at a house on Stout Street in northwest Detroit, which is near Six Mile and Evergreen roads.Investigators say both men, who are in their 40s, were found in...

West Miami-Dade, FL - A carbon monoxide leak at a West Miami-Dade office building sent 17 people to the hospital and made dozens sick, Monday.Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to the scene at the Lennar Corporation offices, in the area of Northwest 107th Avenue and...

San Tan Valley, AZ - Two young girls and their mother were taken to the hospital Saturday morning after after a case of carbon monoxide poisoning.Fire and police officials said crews were called to a San Tan Valley home around 7 a.m. and found the girls, 4 and 8, with...

Portland, ME - Three people were taken by ambulance to a hospital and firefighters evacuated two floors of a 10-story office building on Marginal Way in Portland on Friday after a possible carbon monoxide problem.Staff members at InterMed, which occupies the top four...

Ellensburg, WA - A carbon monoxide alarm likely saved the lives of two Ellensburg residents on Wednesday when a defective water heater released high levels of the poison gas into the home.Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue responded to a carbon monoxide alarm call around...

Birmingham, AL - Federal investigators say gas leaking from a ruptured pipe at a Birmingham public housing complex likely caused a fatal explosion in 2013.National Transportation Safety Board officials said in a report issued Wednesday that the explosion at the...

White Lake, NC - A grandmother and her four grandchildren were rushed to the hospital after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in White Lake Tuesday night.According to officials, the incident happened on Ryan Road around 10:20 p.m. at Camp Clearwater.White Lake...

Chicopee, MA - A small carbon monoxide leak reportedly prompted the temporary evacuation of the Big Y World Class Market on Memorial Drive Wednesday morning.Michael Wilk, public information officer for the Police Department, said the leak, initially thought to be a...

Weymouth, MA - Keyless ignition systems offer high-tech convenience, but that ease has come at a cost for some drivers.911 calls from Hollis Street in Weymouth reveal those potentially fatal consequences.“My mother-in-law has collapsed, and there is a chemical smell...

Manor, TX - Police said the man who was found dead in a Manor tire shop on March 24 died from carbon monoxide poisoning.According to Manor Police, the initial autopsy findings place the cause of Luis Cristobal Cortez's death as asphyxiation by carbon monoxide. Police...

Wilmington, PA - New Castle County police were investigating Saturday four deaths at a Wilmington apartment complex a day earlier from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.Found Friday evening in two units of Building G of the Evergreen Apartments at Riverfront Heights...