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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...

Woodlawn, MD - Baltimore County Police say a construction worker was found dead in a home with high levels of carbon monoxide.Firefighters were called to the home undergoing renovations in Woodlawn about 9 a.m. Wednesday, police said in a news release. The...

Rye Brook, NY - A senior citizen center in Rye Brook was temporarily evacuated on Wednesday after a high level of carbon monoxide was detected.No senior citizens were using the Anthony J. Posillipo Community Center at 32 Garibaldi Place during the CO leak, according...

Rio Rico, AZ - A community outreach effort by the Rio Rico Fire District may have saved a local family from disaster.RRFD spent Saturday, Dec. 12 installing smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors in 17 homes on Willow Drive and Hodges Circle. On Tuesday, Dec. 15 a...

St. Petersburg, FL - Following the accidental death of two East Bay High School students who were found in an SUV in a closed garage on Monday, authorities are reminding people about the dangers of carbon monoxide.St. Petersburg police said the two teens, Dorian Gomez...

Lawrence, KS - A carbon monoxide leak inside a Lawrence gym has sent two people to the hospital.The Lawrence Journal-World reports that emergency responders were called to Genesis Health Club around 7 a.m. Thursday. Firefighters discovered the leak in the gym's pool...

Chestertown, MD - Emergency services officials in Kent County said 36 people had to be assessed after a carbon monoxide leak Monday morning.The incident happened at the Department of Social Services building in the 300 block of High Street in Chestertown around 10...

Kenai, AK - Kenai Fire Marshal Tom Carver tells everyone he teaches to service their boilers and alarms regularly, so it was a loud wake-up call when his carbon monoxide detector went off in the middle of the night last week.Carver said it took him a while to realize...

Superior, WI - Authorities in Superior blame a malfunctioning furnace for sickening two people in an apartment with carbon monoxide.WDIO-TV reports a carbon monoxide alarm came in after 3 a.m. Sunday. Firefighters found low levels of the odorless gas in the hallway,...

Keene, NH - As the sun set in Keene on Saturday, firefighters were going door to door to every Liberty Utilities customer to check for carbon monoxide poisoning.The city has 1,200 Liberty Utilities customers, Keene Fire Chief Mark Howard said.As of Saturday night, the...

Oak Ridge, TN - A three-story apartment building was evacuated and a 56-year-old woman was taken to the hospital after firefighters found a carbon monoxide leak in a boiler in the basement of the building on Tuesday night.The cause of the leak in the boiler on...