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Bridgeport, CT - It was a happy reunion Friday, as Keniasha Reid met for the first time the man who probably saved her life.“Thank you,” Reid said outside her home. “Thank you, thank God. I'm happy.”It was a cold January morning in Bridgeport. Reid came home from...

Philadelphia, PA - A potentially deadly situation for one family turned into a learning lesson for hundreds of others.Lauren Geary was at home Sunday night with her husband and two children when their carbon monoxide detector went off. Lauren quickly took her kids out...

Gulfport, MS - Nobody was hurt — including four small dogs — after a natural gas explosion blew the roof and one wall off a Gulfport rental home.Gulfport Fire Chief Mike Beyerstedt tells local media the explosion occurred shortly before noon on Wednesday and started...

Pleasant Ridge, MI - Police in Pleasant Ridge say a 61-year-old woman died and her husband was sickened after suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at their home.Pleasant Ridge Police Chief Kevin Nowak tells the Detroit News that crews responded around 12:30 a.m....

Hinesburg, VT - A Vermont teenager has died in an apparent case of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.Hinesburg Police were notified Tuesday afternoon of a suspicious vehicle parked at the end of a street off Texas Hill Rd. Officers found an unresponsive male inside...

Dallas, TX - A gas explosion that happened in Lakewood when a mother was home with her two children has forced them out of the house.“The wall in front of me just exploded,” said Megan Anderson about the January 5 explosion. “Just like BOOM. I don't know how to...

Iron County, UT - With the winter season in full swing and with the amount of snow that has fallen in the area, authorities are putting out a warning to motorists.The lethal consequences of carbon monoxide in engine exhaust (sometimes called the silent killer) is...

Wyckoff, NJ - A township family was sickened and had to be evacuated from their home due to high carbon monoxide Sunday, authorities said.Members of Company 2 and the Wyckoff Ambulance Corps responded to a carbon monoxide condition in the college section of town...

Woodbridge, VA - A Washington Gas crew has found two natural gas leaks near a home in Northern Virginia that was rocked by an explosion Sunday afternoon.Washington Gas found two leaks near the intersection of W. Longview Drive and Franklin Street in Woodbridge,...

Girard, OH- Girard police and Trumbull County Children Services are investigating an incident that left a teen lethargic and lying on the floor inside a home with deadly levels of carbon monoxide, according to police.Emergency crews were called to the home Wednesday...

Kankakee, IL- Carbon monoxide poisoning is believed to have killed a 1-year-old child in Kankakee on Saturday and hospitalized his mother.Kankakee police were called to the 100 block of North Washington when a passerby found the pair inside a running car.The child was...

Blackfoot, ID - A 28 year old Blackfoot man is dead after a suspected faulty furnace fills up his home with carbon monoxide this weekend.KPVI News that Works for You went to Blackfoot on Monday and spoke with Blackfoot Fire Department who say these types of deaths are...

Highspire, PA - One person died and two others suffered injuries Saturday afternoon in a carbon monoxide poisoning in Highspire, Dauphin County.According to the Highspire Police Department, dispatch received a 911 call from a home at 240 Walnut St. around 3:30 p.m....

Charlestown, MA - Seven people were evacuated from townhouses in Charlestown for about four hours Saturday morning after officials discovered a carbon monoxide leak caused by an underground electrical fire, Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said.Firefighters...

Edwardsburg, MI - One man has died and five more people, including three children, were sent to the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak Friday morning in Cass County, Mich.Andrew Weston of Columbus, 43, was found dead in the basement of an Edwardsburg home near the...