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Washington, WI - Mark Porter believes Jim Strauch should buy a lottery ticket.“He's got to be one of the luckiest men alive,” Porter, the public information officer for Township Fire Department, said about Strauch, who survived an explosion Sunday at his home at 8809...

Colorado Springs, CO - Forty-five people were evacuated from a north Colorado Springs Walmart early Tuesday morning after carbon monoxide was detected in the store.Colorado Springs Utilities responded to the Razorback location at 1:30 a.m., and says they did find low...

Blanchard, ND - Four people died in Blanchard, N.D., after a possible carbon monoxide leak, a family member told the Herald on Monday night.Matejcek, of Blanchard, who owned the home; 27 year old Ricky Fisher, of Blanchard, ND; 24 year old Margaret Fisher, of...

Cutchogue, NY - A man was saved after he was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning on his boat in Cutchogue yesterday, police said.According to Southold Town police, a rescue call came in at 3:36 p.m. from Alvah's Lane in Cutchogue. Police said a woman called to...

Colorado Springs, CO - A Walmart Supercenter in north Colorado Springs was evacuated and temporarily closed Friday morning after reports of high levels of carbon monoxide inside.The store reopened around 12:30 p.m.A carbon monoxide alarm went off around 8:30 a.m.,...

Delta Township, MI - DELTA TWP. – Two people were rushed to the hospital after being exposed to carbon monoxide early this morning at a local apartment complex, fire officials said.One person fell and the other had difficulty breathing in the 5 a.m. incident at...

Cincinnati, OH - Police in southwest Ohio say three bodies have been found in a home, and that carbon monoxide poisoning is the suspected cause.The Hamilton County coroner's office was investigating Friday, after police responded to calls from concerned neighbors....

Miami, FL - MIAMI -A father and son are being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after they left a generator running at their home, Miami Department of Fire-Rescue Capt. Ignatius Carroll said.The boy and his father were operating a generator inside a two-story...

Gillette, WY - The Campbell County Fire Department evacuated staff and guests from the Hampton Inn on Wednesday morning when dangerous levels of carbon monoxide were detected on the third floor by a crew with Source Gas. As firefighters ventilated the building,...

Bourne, MA - One man died after being exposed to carbon monoxide in Sagamore, according to police.Bourne police said officers responded to a report of an unresponsive 62-year-old man who was suffering from carbon monoxide exposure at RDA, Inc., a modular home business...

Hauppauge, NY - Seventeen people were taken to Long Island hospitals after they were exposed to carbon monoxide at a writing utensil production facility Wednesday afternoon, police said.An employee at Liqui-Mark in Hauppauge began feeling nauseous and was suffering...

Jackson Heights, TX - A 13-year-old girl is being credited with saving her family's lives after a carbon monoxide leak at their home.It happened Wednesday in the 10000 block of County Road 3174 in the Jackson Heights community.Officials are now blaming a generator the...

Lula, OK - An 86-year-old Lula resident was injured when her house exploded Tuesday morning.Authorities believe a propane leak caused the blast. Resident Jean Wofford suffered a broken hip and received staples to the back of her head.A relative of Wofford went to...

Smith County, TX - Three people were hospitalized after a family member found them unconscious inside their home on County Road 3174, according to the Smith County Sheriff's office.The fire marshal's office said it responded to a carbon monoxide poisoning call on CR...

Fort Meyers Beach, FL - Investigators pulled a woman's body from the burnt rubble of an Estero Boulevard duplex Monday afternoon after it exploded overnight.The explosion sent two people to area hospitals, the Lee County Sheriff's Office said and were reported as...