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Avon, IN - Officials are warning about the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning after an 18-year-old Ben Davis High School senior was killed in a car crash earlier this summer.Police said Savannah Bettis was in a car with her boyfriend when he lost control of the wheel...

Boston, MA - The state's aging natural gas pipelines are riddled with about 20,000 potentially dangerous and environmentally damaging leaks, many decades old, according to the first statewide analysis of the problem in Massachusetts.Detailed maps of the leaks became...

San Diego, CA - The Trader Joe's in Hillcrest was evacuated Friday morning due to elevated levels of carbon monoxide.An odor of gas was coming from the lofts above the grocery store, according to San Diego Fire. Crews are on scene to do a carbon monoxide reading.The...

Levenworth, KS - Leavenworth residents spent the night at a hotel after carbon monoxide was found in their home, a Fire Department spokesman said.The incident was reported at 9:35 p.m. Wednesday at 930 Cheyenne St., Leavenworth fire Capt. Mark DeMaranville...

Long Beach, CA - Personnel at a Long Beach construction site may have been exposed to carbon monoxide Thursday morning.Long Beach firefighter paramedics responded to the area of Carson Street and Cherry Avenue around 9:47 a.m., according to an alert on the Pulse Point...

Bremerton, WA - A gas leak at a Motel 6 in Bremerton, Washington, caused an explosion so severe it brought down a section of the building and flung firefighters 20 feet away.A gas company employee, who had gone to check on the leak Tuesday night, was critically hurt...

Braintree, MA - A contractor was seriously injured in a house explosion in New Braintree Wednesday afternoon, State Fire Marshall Stephen D. Coan's office said.The explosion occurred at approximately 1 p.m. when the contractor was working on installing a new...

Titusville, FL - TITUSVILLE, Fla. -A buildup of carbon monoxide -- not a gas leak -- caused by a non-working fan in the kitchen of a Titusville elementary school sent one student and two staff members to a hospital on Tuesday.Officials said 41 other students at...

St. Joseph, MI - Police on Monday were hoping to climb aboard a boat where one person died Sunday and two others were made seriously ill due to carbon monoxide poisoning.Police believe the poisoning was accidental."The boat is secured at the (U.S.) Coast Guard...

Benton Harbor, MI - BENTON HARBOR, MI — The carbon monoxide that killed one person and hospitalized two others while they were boating on Lake Michigan Sunday afternoon seeped into the boat's cabin from a crack in a generator's exhaust, police said.The Berrien County...

Benton Harbor, MI - Names have been released after one person died and several more -- including first responders -- were treated for carbon monoxide exposure on a boat Sunday afternoon near Jean Klock beach in Benton Harbor, according to Berrien County police.Berrien...

Houston, TX - Three staff members on board a Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center bus had to be taken to the hospital after possible carbon monoxide poisoning.It happened outside the Marq*E Entertainment Center on the Katy Freeway at Silber.According to Cortney Martin...

Golden Gates Estates, FL- A scary morning for one Southwest Florida family after being rushed to the hospital for Carbon Monoxide poisoning.The Vielma family lives off of Desoto Boulevard, where the home filled with the poisonous gas.One of the family members says she...

Knoxville, TN - The Tennessee Fire Marshal's Office hopes to help recreational vehicle owners and renters stay safe this summer by warning people about potential carbon monoxide dangers that can occur in and around tents and RVs.Carbon monoxide leaks "from anywhere...

Holtsville, NY - A carbon monoxide scare led to the evacuation of a hotel late Thursday night in Holtsville, police and fire officials said.Officials said there were no reported injuries.Suffolk County police said the incident at the Ramada Plaza-Long Island MacArthur...