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Detroit, MI - In what might be one of the most unusual recalls ever, General Motors is recalling 64,000 Chevrolet Volt hybrid cars because they were apparently working as designed. In this recall, it seems it's the owners with problems, not the hybrid cars.GM says two...

Mooresville, NC - Three police officers and three residents were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday morning after being exposed to the gas at a home in the 100 block of Cinebar Road, off N.C. 115 in Mooresville, town officials said.Two of the...

Anchorage, AK - ANCHORAGE -A Fairbanks man died early Sunday of apparent carbon-monoxide poisoning, after Alaska State Troopers said he was found in a Summit Lake cabin's generator shed surrounded by toxic fumes.An AST dispatch on the incident says that troopers...

Ocean County, NJ - Ocean County's state legislators have proposed a bill that would require homes to have explosive gas sensors installed. The proposal comes after two explosions leveled homes in Point Pleasant Beach and Stafford Township over the past few...

Winthrop, WA - Five employees of Carlos 1800 Mexican Grill and Cantina in Winthrop were overcome by carbon monoxide and were airlifted for medical treatment on Saturday (March 7).Aero Methow Rescue Service responded to a 911 call about 11:30 a.m. and found the...

Taunton, MA - A family of five escaped a house explosion that leveled the home in Taunton early Wednesday morning.It happened in a heavily wooded area on Laneway Street around 2:30 a.m. when Ingo Dutzmann said he and his family heard a loud boom and thought an ice dam...

Takoma Park, MD - An elderly couple in Takoma Park is fortunate to be alive after high amounts of carbon monoxide was found in their home Tuesday at 6:00 a.m.According to Tommy Reid, the couples son, the unidentified man in his 60s, was getting ready for work when he...

Plymouth, MA - PLYMOUTH - Three people, including two young children, were taken to the hospital after a carbon monoxide incident at their Justine Road home. The three were transported to Beth Israel-Plymouth around 9 a.m. by Brewster EMS.According to Brewster EMS...

Dayton, OH - Fire officials say they found a carbon monoxide leak at an evacuated day care facility in southwestern Ohio.A Butler Township Fire Department captain says no injuries were reported Monday. Capt. Mike Blakesly says three children and three adults were...

Trenton, NJ - After life-threatening gas explosions recently demolished homes in Stafford Township, Point Pleasant Beach and Seaside Heights, state Sen. Jim Holzapfel and Assemblymen Dave Wolfe and Greg McGuckin of the 10th Legislative District have introduced...

Chattanooga, TN - "It was sad," says Eddie Gray.When he received a phone call Tuesday night, March 3, that Kelsey Kapherr passed away, his heart sank. He had know her since her middle school days. He describes her as a tom-boy, full of life."Playing ball and stuff...

St. Louis, MO - Two workers were injured in an explosion at a pallet company in St. Louis about noon Saturday.The workers at Pallet Logistics Management were entering a room that is used to heat up and sterilize pallets, according to St. Louis Fire Capt. Garon Mosby....

Boston, MA - Seven people at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Roxbury were taken to the hospital Sunday for possible carbon monoxide poisoning.Parishioners were feeding the homeless in the basement of the church when a young woman first fell ill.“She began to...

Newburgh, NU - Authorities say two people who died a day apart apparently succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning that sickened 10 other residents of the victims' Hudson Valley apartment house and a neighboring home.City of Newburgh fire officials tell the Times...

Corpus Christi, TX - Corpus Christi firefighters went door to door at a local government housing complex on Friday night, testing appliances for high carbon monoxide levels.It all began Friday afternoon when a resident of the Navarro Place complex along the Crosstown...