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New Castle, PA - A buildup of natural gas inside a Lower East Side home caused a fire, an explosion and a near disaster for the couple who lived there. But homeowners George and Cindy McNary of 810 Oak St. escaped injury after a building of natural gas caused an...

Polk County, FL – The presence of carbon monoxide in rooms at a Lakeland hotel prompted an evacuation of the building on Sunday and led to the hospitalization of eight people, including four children, according to the Lakeland Fire Department. A spokesperson for the...

Seattle, WA — Two apartment buildings in North Seattle were evacuated early Saturday morning due to high levels of carbon monoxide. Seattle Fire Department crews responded to the Rooster Apartments on 65th Street near Roosevelt Station just before 5 a.m. At least one...

Cleveland, OH — The Cleveland Division of Fire is investigating what is being termed as a "carbon monoxide emergency" on the city's east side that has claimed the life of one person and hospitalized three others. According to a release, the incident took place at a...

Waucoma, IA -- One man died last Thursday and multiple others, including first responders, received treatment after they were apparently exposed to carbon monoxide at a Fayette County house. The Fayette County Sheriff's Office and other emergency crews responded...

Baltimore, MD — Baltimore City fire officials say dozens of residents were evacuated from four apartment buildings in Northwest Baltimore after extremely high levels of carbon monoxide were detected on Sunday. Fire crews were called to the 3800 block of Clarks lane...

Milwaukee, WI -- Pizza Guy of Wales will be closing for at least the weekend following an explosion on the early afternoon of Fri., March 4. One of the pizza ovens exploded due to a buildup of natural gas, injuring a longtime employee. A neighboring business reported...

Houston, TX -- A man has been injured after a gas explosion at a duplex early Saturday morning. The explosion happened just after midnight on Sherman street near 72nd St. Firefighters arrived on scene after a 911 call after was made by an Uber driver who stopped after...

Silver Spring, MD - A massive explosion and fire leveled a Silver Spring-area apartment building Thursday morning, sending 10 people to the hospital and leaving others missing as authorities searched the smoldering rubble. Three people were rushed to the hospital in...

Milwaukee, WI — Hundreds of UW-Milwaukee students were forced to evacuate their dorm overnight. Students said a carbon monoxide alarm went off around 10:15 p.m. Monday at Cambridge Commons near West North and North Cambridge avenues. About 400 students were evacuated...