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Jasper County, IN - A Rensselaer man died Monday night and Jasper County Sheriff's deputies said flooding and power outages may have been factors.Jasper County witnessed many power outages after Monday's storm and most of them since have been repaired.Emergency...

Phoenix, AZ - Two people were transported to ahospital Monday night after Phoenix firefighters found high levels of carbon monoxide inside their home after a barbecue grill was used to heat it, authorities said Tuesday.Fire crews responded to a call about 11 p.m. near...

Long Island, NY - Three teenagers and three adults were taken to a hospital after a carbon monoxide leak was discovered in a Long Island home Tuesday, authorities said.The Garden City homeowner, Martin Arellano, told NBC 4 New York he had just turned on his heat for...

Paterson, NJ - Four people working in a city dry cleaners were taken to a hospital in the Bronx Monday evening for carbon monoxide poisoning, a fire official said.Eight employees reported feeling nausea, headaches and lightheadedness around 5:30 p.m. at a dry cleaners...

Los Angeles, CA - A 13-year-old teenager may have been killed by carbon monoxide poisoning two days after Christmas.Kim Holt, who lost her daughter, now wants to make sure no one else loses a loved one."Yesterday evening I got a call from the coroner saying that they...

Mattapoisett, MA - Two Mattapoisett police officers are being called heroes after saving a family from a dangerous carbon monoxide leak.Those officers were in the neighborhood Christmas night for a different reason.A neighbor had called police for a severed sprinkler...

Dayton, OH- Three people were taken to the hospital, with one in critical condition, according to Captain Andy Wiley with the Dayton Fire Department.The occupants of the home were running a generator in the basement.Two of the occupants were outside when medics...

Milford, MA - Authorities have identified the two people found dead Friday inside their home off Prospect Street in Milford.Adair Vieira Desales, 47 and Maria Aprecida Dasilva, 42, lived inside the home at 24 Prospect Heights.Carbon monoxide poisoning was...

Cedar Rapids, IA - Furnace issues and a simple mistake with a carbon monoxide detector nearly cost a Cedar Rapids couple their lives this month.Now, the couple is stressing the importance of having a properly installed carbon monoxide detector in the home.“I just feel...

Nampa, ID - NAMPA - Nampa police are investigating after two people were found dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in a home Christmas Eve.Police said a married couple - a 90-year-old man and a 89-year-old woman - were found dead Thursday in a home in the 500...

San Benito, TX - SAN BENITO — An explosion and fire injured nine people at a house on the outskirts of San Benito Christmas morning.All of the injured, who range in age from 1 to about 66, were taken to local hospitals, Cameron County Emergency Management Coordinator...

Silver Springs, WA - Two Silver Spring apartment buildings were evacuated Thursday afternoon for a possible carbon monoxide leak, and EMS crews are evaluating at least one sick person.Firefighters and a hazmat team were called to the 2300 block of Glenmont Circle...

Bernards Township, NJ - Known as the “silent killer” carbon monoxide almost claimed the lives of a Basking Ridge family.Their ADT alarm and first responders saved their lives.On Nov. 30, just after 6 a.m., Basking Ridge homeowners Azim and Madhavi Saifee were suddenly...

Bangor, ME - City firefighters responded to a carbon monoxide alarm at The Henry's Bridal in Penobscot Plaza Wednesday morning.Bangor Assistant Fire Chief Matthew Costello said the alarms started going off around 10:30 a.m., and firefighters took every precaution...

Altoona, PA - Work returned to normalcy a few hours after a carbon monoxide incident at Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. near Tyrone led some to seek out medical evaluations Monday afternoon, officials said.Larry Koch, a Chicago Rivet human resources manager, said carbon...