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ONG Report: Home explosion caused by leak in gas main

Oklahoma City, OK - Oklahoma Natural Gas has released a report stating the cause for the home explosion that occurred early last month in northwest Oklahoma City.According to reports, there was a crack in one of the four-inch polyethylene gas mains which was causing...

Faulty boiler blamed for carbon monoxide incident in Hempstead

Hempstead, NY - HEMPSTEAD - Nine people had to be hospitalized Monday after a carbon monoxide incident in Hempstead.It happened around 5 a.m. at an apartment complex on Jackson Street.Firefighters say the carbon monoxide came from a faulty boiler.Residents were...

Carbon monoxide sends 11 people in Doral to hospital

Doral, FL - Nearly a dozen people were hospitalized Sunday after a carbon monoxide leak at a meal delivery company in Doral.Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews were called to Shape Lovers near Northwest 54th Street and Northwest 79th Avenue after workers reported feeling...

Carbon monoxide overcomes children at pool party

Pontoon Beach, IL- PONTOON BEACH, IL (KTVI) - It was quite a scare at a children's birthday party being held in Pontoon Beach Saturday.Dray Wimberly was holding her 4-year-old daughter's party at the Super 8 Motel on Timberlake Drive.She had a reservation at a local...

Carbon monoxide leak causes evacuation

New Orleans, LA - An apartment building in the Saulet Apartments, 1420 Annunciation St., was evacuated Friday night because of high levels of carbon monoxide, residents said.After one resident went to a hospital and was diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning,...

1 dead, 1 in hospital after report of carbon monoxide poison

Omaha, NE - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man was found dead and his sister was hospitalized after Omaha firefighters responded to a report of carbon monoxide poisoning.The Douglas County Sheriff's Department says 74-year-old Terry Hart was found dead in an Omaha home...

Carbon monoxide causes illnesses at Alabama state park

Guntersville, AL - Fire officials say an apparent carbon monoxide leak in the main lodge at Lake Guntersville State Park resulted in six people being taken to a hospital.Al.com reports the problem occurred Thursday afternoon.Capt. Brian Walls of Guntersville Fire and...

Carbon-monoxide case in Orlando underscores threat of killer gas

Orlando, FL - Residents in an Orlando condo building escaped a silent killer Thursday morning when a generator locked inside an under-construction unit leaked dangerous levels of carbon monoxide into their homes.The odorless, colorless gas claims on average more than...

Family hospitalized after carbon monoxide leak in Ionia home

Ionia, MI - A family of seven is in the hospital after carbon monoxide filled their house overnight Thursday.The Ionia Department of Public Safety was called to the home on Hall St. just before 1 a.m.The family called 911 when all of them felt sick.Officers arrived...

Carbon monoxide leak at TX school, 60 sick

Beaumont, TX - Authorities say more than 60 students and staff at a Southeast Texas school have gotten sick after an apparent carbon monoxide leak.Emergency personnel in Beaumont say the children and adults from Marshall Middle School were treated Thursday for...

Four hospitalized by carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in Bear

Bear, DE - Four people were treated Thursday morning for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in Bear, according to New Castle County Paramedics.Paramedics were called a home on the unit block of the Treeline Terrace Community in Bear around midnight...

House explosion in Newcomerstown kills one

Newcomerstown, OH - Columbia Gas of Ohio officials believe natural gas was involved in a fatal explosion that destroyed a home at 540 Beaver St. Tuesday night.Tuscarawas County Coroner Dr. James Hubert confirmed that a body was removed from the scene, but no identity...

Man found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning; police investigate death

Hanover, PA - Police are investigating a Hanover man's death after he was found dead in his home Monday, according to the York County coroner's office.After testing at York Hospital Tuesday morning, the coroner's office ruled that Lewis Bowers Jr. died from accidental...

Allentown man dies from CO poisoning after snow blocks car tailpipe

Allentown, PA - A 55-year-old Allentown man is the latest victim of carbon monoxide poisoning from this weekend's snow storm.Michael May was sitting in his car along the 1200 block of East Woodlawn Street on Sunday when he was overcome by fumes.Authorities explain,...