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Dayton, OH - Fire officials are advising homeowners not to use gas powered equipment in or near their homes after a generator caused two people to become ill early Wednesday morning.Around 1:30 a.m., fire crews responded to a house on North Marion Street and found the...

Louisville, KY - LOUISVILLE (WHAS11) -- Two Louisville families are lucky to be alive after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning in their homes.The Okolona Fire Department responded to two separate carbon monoxide leaks Wednesday morning, Dec. 16. Firefighters were...

North Manheim Township, PA - Officials want people to know about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning after the death of a North Manheim Township man.“It could have been prevented,” Schuylkill County Coroner Dr. David J. Moylan III said Monday about the death of...

Salt Lake City, UT - A suspected natural gas explosion destroyed a Sandy restaurant early Monday morning, but no injuries were reported.Sandy Fire Department dispatchers said the blast, at Johanna's Restaurant, 9725 S. State Street, was reported at 12:06 a.m.Fire...

Randolph Hills, MD - Montgomery County fire and rescue crews evacuated a home in Randolph Hills on Saturday afternoon after discovering high concentrations of carbon monoxide at the residence at 4803 Topping Road.Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said three...

Shorewood, WI - The Hubbard Park Lodge in Shorewood was evacuated and then closed Sunday during a brunch due to the activation of a carbon monoxide alarm.The North Shore Fire Department said high levels of the gas were present in the basement. That prompted the...

Eveleth, MN - Multiple people in Eveleth were suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning early Saturday morning.Eveleth Police Chief Tim Koivunen says around 2 a.m., a report came in that a person at 610 Adams Avenue had gone to the hospital in Virginia complaining of...

Newport News, VA - Fire officials are investigating high carbon monoxide levels that sickened four people at a Newport News business.Newport News Fire Department Battalion Chief Robert E. Lee says the incident occurred Wednesday night. Two people were taken to a...

Mobile, AL - The Mobile Fire-Rescue Department says six people were taken to the hospital this morning, for possible carbon monoxide poisoning.Rescue crews were called to the home on Cypress Circle shortly before 4 am Wednesday. According to Mobile Fire-Rescue...

Wilmington, DE - A carbon monoxide leak in a Wilmington apartment left one person ill and six people displaced, according to the Wilmington Fire Department.Firefighters were dispatched at about 1:16 p.m. to an apartment in the 400 block of West Seventh Street for a...

Kinnelon, NJ - While historically coal miners had canaries to detect carbon monoxide, a local couple has Chloe, the cat.Cheryl Canale, a volunteer and treasurer of the Kinnelon Volunteer Animal Shelter (KVAS), credits her foster cat, Chloe, with potentially saving her...

Gloucester, MA - Ken Maciel said that, as soon as he heard an explosion, he looked out the window of his own home at 75 Woodman St. and could see that his mother's house was on fire.His mother, Jean, who owns the house at 79 Woodman, was visiting him and his family at...

Delphos, OH - The home of Scott Ranes at lot 31 in Ulm's II Trailer Court at 227 W. Clime St. is a total loss following a propane heater explosion at approximately 7:24 p.m. Sunday.Delphos Fire and Rescue responded to the home with four fire units and 22 personnel....

Philadelphia, PA - Three people were hospitalized after they were overcome by carbon monoxide inside a home in the Rhawnhurst section of Philadelphia.Fire crews were called around 1:10 a.m. Saturday to the 2200 block of Solly Avenue.Officials said an elderly couple...

Bloomington, IL- At first, Doug Matthews didn't want to pay attention to the alarm that started sending an alert at 1:05 a.m. on a recent Saturday morning.“It is one of those with the voice and it said the carbon monoxide levels were 131 (parts per million) in quite a...