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Carbon monoxide leak at nursing home sends 5 to hospital; building partially evacuated
Baton Rouge, LA - Several nursing home residents and workers fell ill after a carbon monoxide leak at a Baton Rouge facility Tuesday. The Baton Rouge Fire Department said the incident was reported around 10:45 a.m. at the Sterling Place Nursing Home on North...
Neighbors hear Marion house explosion for blocks
Marion, OH — The Ohio Fire Marshal’s Office said Thursday there is no evidence of foul play in a blast that leveled a home on Congress Street and severely burned a man. Investigators poured through the rubble of the two-story home that has been in the family for...
1 hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning in DC
Washington, DC - A person in D.C. has been hospitalized Tuesday with carbon monoxide poisoning after an incident involving a power washer. DC Fire and EMS said someone was using a gasoline-run power washer in an unventilated basement. Carbon monoxide built up in the...
All accounted for, four injured after ‘explosion’ at Dunwoody apartments, firefighters say
Dunwoody, GA - Four people were injured after an "explosion" at a Dunwoody apartment complex on Sunday afternoon believed to have been caused by some sort of gas line issue, DeKalb County Fire Rescue said. Officials said about 40 to 50 units were destroyed. It...
Two Dead, Four Hospitalized After Carbon Monoxide Leak In Little Village
Chicago, IL — Two people died and four other people were hospitalized, including three children, after a carbon monoxide leak Friday afternoon at a home in the Little Village neighborhood. Chicago Fire Department Acting Deputy District Chief Barry Garr said...
Gas leak identified as cause of fatal explosion, fire in Maynard
Maynard, MA — Investigators have determined that a gas leak caused the explosion and fire that killed one person and injured three first responders last week in Maynard, Massachusetts. The fire department received a call at 4:10 p.m. on Thursday about a potential gas...
Propane explosion shatters building in Maryland, 2 people rescued
Montgomery County, MD — Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland rescued two people from an explosion Tuesday morning. According to fire officials, crews responded to a report of an explosion just before 8 a.m. Crews arrived to find the building had collapsed after a...
141 hospital visits in past week due to carbon monoxide poisoning
New Orleans, LA - The Louisiana Department of Health says that over the past week there have been 141 emergency room visits in the state for carbon monoxide poisoning. Those include in Regions 1 (Greater New Orleans), 2 (Baton Rouge), 3 (River Parishes) and 9...
New Orleans generator carbon monoxide poisoning sends 7 children, 5 adults to hospital
New Orleans, LA — Ambulances took 12 people from a New Orleans home in Gert Town to a hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday, a report from New Orleans first responders said. Five of the patients were adults, and seven were children, according to reports...
Three people in Jefferson Parish die from carbon monoxide poisoning
Marrero, LA — A family has died in Jefferson Parish and officials are saying the cause of death is carbon monoxide poisoning. Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng made the announcement Thursday evening at the beginning of her daily briefing on Hurricane Ida....
Chandler building explosion was caused by natural gas leak
Chandler, AZ -- New details released on Tuesday morning show the apparent cause of last week's building explosion in Chandler. According to Chandler police, the ATF determined that a natural gas leak is to blame for the explosion. "The findings by the ATF National...
Frightening surge in carbon monoxide poisonings after Hurricane Ida: Generators ‘can kill’
New Orleans, LA - One of the most consistent knock-on effects of damaging hurricanes are injuries and deaths of people who are improperly using portable home generators after the power goes out. On Wednesday, three days after Hurricane Ida knocked out the electricity...
7 people rescued from boat engulfed in flames in Ocean City early Sunday morning
Ocean City, MD — Seven people were rescued from a boat fire in Ocean City early Sunday morning. The Ocean City Fire Department responded to a call for a boat fire in the inlet against the south jetty at about 5:17 a.m., according to a department Facebook post. The...
Four Transported to Hospital After Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Coleman, TX - Coleman Fire and ambulance units responded to the 500 block of West 14th Street this morning to a reported carbon monoxide poisoning call. ColemanTODAY.com talked to Duston Crawford, Assistant Fire Chief, Coleman Fire Department, who shared the following...
Propane leak suspected in house explosion that left man dead, wife hurt
Williams County, OH — A home exploded in Williams County, Ohio, on Monday, killing a man and injuring his wife. The explosion happened at on County Road Q 50 around 4:30 p.m., 15 miles east of Angola near the Lake La Su An Wildlife Area. A WTOL report said the...