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Police: Santa Fe mall evacuated due to carbon monoxide

Santa Fe, NM - Santa Fe police say parts of the Santa Fe Place Mall have been evacuated.After people were complaining of headaches and dizziness, the fire department was called. They were able to recognize the symptoms and tested for carbon monoxide.The mall was...

Carbon Monoxide Scare Clears Out Daycare: Police

Owings Mills, MD - OWINGS MILLS, MD – Dozens of children were evacuated from a daycare in Owings Mills Thursday after a carbon monoxide alarm activated, according to Baltimore County public safety officials.Authorities said 40 children were cleared out of the building...

Police: Propane Leak Caused House Explosion

Duluth, MN - The Duluth Fire Department confirmed Monday a house explosion last week in Duluth was caused by a propane leak.The explosion tore through part of a home in the Morely Heights neighborhood last Thursday morning, causing close to a quarter of a million...

Carbon monoxide leak forces school closure

Enon, OH - A carbon monoxide leak forced the closing of Enon Elementary School on Tuesday.Repairs are expected to be made in time for school at 120 S. Xenia Drive to be open on Wednesday, said Greenon Local Schools Superintendent Brad Silvus.As the building's...

Gas Leaks Lead California Infrastructure Problems

West Palm Beach, FL - "With only one thing in common. They got the fire down below." — Bob Seger “Fire Down Below"California and New York both share Democratic political control above ground, but in a surprising development they also have something in common in the...

Woman Thanks Firefighters After Carbon Monoxide Scare

Southington, CT - A woman in Southington is thanking the fire department for saving her life when her carbon monoxide detector went off on Sunday.Joanna Roberts-Brennan has lived in her home in Southington for 17 years. She changes the batteries on all of smoke and...

Woman, 5 children overcome by carbon monoxide in Bear, Del..

Bear, DE - Six people, including 5 children, are hospitalized after a carbon monoxide incident in New Castle County.Fire crews were called just after 8 p.m. Saturday to the 100 block of Flamingo Drive in Bear, Delaware.Upon arrival, officials said crews discovered an...

Propane caused Union home explosion, officials say

Union, ME - A propane problem is being blamed for Thursday's home explosion and fire in Union.An early morning explosion and fire Thursday leveled a home in Union, and all occupants have been accounted for, according to investigators.Fire investigators said two...

Lexington fire department officials investigate carbon monoxide leak

Lexington, KY - A Lexington woman checked herself into the hospital Sunday night with a headache. It turns out her apartment on Patchen Drive was slowly filling up with carbon monoxide."The furnace was malfunctioning and generating carbon monoxide and actually a small...

ACFD Responds to Carbon Monoxide Incident at Fort Myer Child Center

Fort Myer, FL - Arlington County and Fort Myer firefighters and medics are on the scene of a carbon monoxide incident on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall.The incident is taking place at the Cody Child Development Center on the base. Firefighters were dispatched there...

Gas leak causes explosion at Ecorse park bathroom

Ecorse, MI - A gas leak caused a public park bathroom at Dingell Park to explode in Ecorse Thursday morning, Ecorse Public Safety Director Mike Moore tells FOX 2. The leak has also prompted the evacuation of some homes in the area, and Moore says nearby Grandport...

Explosion rips Duluth home, causes more than $200,000 in damage

Duluth, MN - Nobody was injured when part of a home exploded in the Morley Heights neighborhood of Duluth on Thursday morning. Damage to the home is estimated at more than $200,000.A next-door neighbor described the explosion as sounding as if a bomb had dropped on...