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Chicago, IL- More than 100 students and several staff members were hospitalized Thursday after high carbon monoxide levels were reported at a Chicago elementary school.Fire officials said CO detectors alerted Horace Mann school officials to the high reading Thursday...

Colerain Township, OH - Colerain Township firefighters are issuing an alert after seeing a spike in the number of carbon monoxide (CO) calls they are sent to.Firefighters said the calls can be attributed to increased use of furnaces, spaces heaters and fireplaces for...

Mount Pleasant, MI - A night at a theater in Mount Pleasant took a dangerous turn Wednesday night.Dozens of people were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide leak. More than 30 people were sent to nearby hospitals after being exposed to the harmful gas.The carbon...

Waterloo, IA - A Waterloo family is grateful after a close call over the weekend.On Saturday. two carbon monoxide alarms went off in the home of Jari Engle, 1732 Mulberry St. At first, all four members of the family inside thought it was failing batteries.But when the...

Lexington, KY - Lexington mechanical service technicians helped save one woman who had dangerous levels of Carbon Monoxide in her home.Betty Best said that something wasn't right this holiday season.“When I first turned my furnace on, I noticed I was waking up with...

Queens Village, NY - A school in Queens was evacuated Tuesday morning due to high carbon monoxide levels.Con Ed says 550 students and 100 faculty members were evacuated PS/IS 295 in Queens Village around 9 a.m. after crews found high CO levels in the basement and in...

Eureka, CA - The Rite Aid store near Harris and E streets in Eureka is being evacuated due to a positive detection of carbon monoxide in the store this morning around 11:15 a.m., according to Eureka Police Public Information Officer Brittany Powell.Humboldt Bay Fire...

Sioux Falls, SD- Michael Holloway says his weekend started as usual. His family stayed in bed Saturday while he got up to make breakfast for everyone. Holloway says he realized something was wrong when his daughter said she couldn't feel her legs."And then when I got...

Waterloo, IA - A Waterloo family is grateful after a close call this weekend. Grateful they had a working carbon monoxide detector installed in their rental home.Last Saturday night, two carbon monoxide alarms went off in the home of Jari Engle, 1732 Mulberry Street...

Houston, TX- HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A carbon monoxide leak at a southwest Houston apartment building sent a dozen people to hospitals Saturday.It happened before 6pm at a complex in the 6400 block of South Gessner.The Houston Fire Department responded to a report of an...

Chicago, IL- Six people were taken to hospitals after being sickened by carbon monoxide gas in the Logan Square neighborhood Sunday afternoon.The incident happened about 12:50 p.m. at a three-flat in the 1700 block of North Whipple Street, according to Chicago Fire...

Near Canby, OR- A carbon monoxide leak nearly killed a couple and their cat in a home on South Lone Elder Road near Canby.Now they're sharing a potentially life-saving message, reminding people to install carbon monoxide alarms."If I would've passed out," Kendra Platt...

St. Joseph County, IN - Portable CO monitors likely saved a life in St. Joseph Co.You can't see it or smell it, but carbon monoxide can kill you. Around 170 people die each year in the United States from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Consumer Product...

Garden City, KS - When 80-year-old Barb Sprenkle moved to Garden City earlier this year, one of her daughters insisted she get a carbon monoxide detector for her home.Though Sprenkle did not think it was necessary because it would end up annoying her, the detector...

Masontown, WV - A hunting camper exploded in Masontown in Preston County early Tuesday morning.According to the Masontown Volunteer Fire Department, crews responded to the scene on Pat Cale Road off of Bull Run Road at approximately 6 a.m.The owner of the camper, of...