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Norwalk, OH - The Norwalk Fire Department is continuing to monitor carbon-monoxide readings at American Excelsior after a faulty furnace "compromised" the air quality and made at least one employee sick.Will Disbrow, general manager, provided an outline of what...

Woodbridge, VA - A Woodbridge, Virginia laundromat is still closed Saturday after five people were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning Friday night.One person was found unconscious when first responders arrived at the Super Suds on Jefferson Davis Highway around 6...

Washington, DC - Three people have been transported to the hospital after a carbon monoxide incident in Northwest DC early Saturday, fire officials said.The incident occurred at 322 Farragut Street NW around 1 a.m. Once firefighters arrived, fire officials said they...

Long Island, NY - Two men were found dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in a Long Island auto-detailing shop on Thursday night.Porfiro Alvarez, 54, of Freeport, and his employee, Jose Rufino Gonzalez, 25, of Bellport, were discovered inside Super Auto Detail...

Chicago, IL - A man died from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday night at an apartment complex in the Uptown neighborhood on the North Side, officials said.The man was discovered about 10 p.m. inside an apartment unit in the 1000 block of West Winona Street,...

Blue Lake Township, MI - Authorities say carbon monoxide poisoning is believed to have caused the deaths of a married couple found in a western Michigan home.The Muskegon Chronicle reports the Muskegon County sheriff's department says family members found Joseph Wayne...

Atlantic, IA - A broken natural gas line is being blamed for an explosion and fire in the southwest Iowa town of Atlantic that killed one person and critically injured another. Firefighters were called to the house just after ten o'clock last night and Atlantic Fire...

Fresno, CA - Two people died in a Central California home from lethal levels of carbon monoxide in the house.The Fresno Bee reports that crews on Wednesday found levels that were at least 10 times higher than they would have reached had there been a working carbon...

Richmond, IN - A leak in a gas-powered air conditioning/heating unit pumped carbon monoxide into the hallways of the Hampton Inn at about 7 a.m. Thursday.Richmond Fire Department personnel used fans to help ventilate hallways with elevated carbon monoxide readings...

Wilmington, DE - A malfunctioning heater was to blame for carbon monoxide found in a Wilmington home, prompting its evacuation.After receiving a citizen complaint, officials from the city fire marshal's office and code-enforcement officials went Wednesday afternoon to...

Durham, NC - DURHAM — Two people were found dead inside a home on the east side of Durham on Wednesday morning, and authorities suspect carbon monoxide poisoning.Cedric Melvin said that his cousin, Walter Melvin III, and a woman whose full name he did not know were...

Cordova, AL - State investigators now believe a heater that ignited a gas leak caused last week's deadly Cordova explosion.Wednesday they found the section of pipe they believe leaked the gas that led to the blast.Last Tuesday, a natural gas blast leveled 69-year-old...

Bar Harbor, ME - A woman and her three children were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday morning at a local hospital after fumes built up inside their apartment because a heater vent was blocked by snow.The woman and her children called 911 a few minutes...

Amherst, MA - Four Hampshire College cafeteria workers were taken to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning Monday afternoon, due to a boiler malfunction.Amherst Fire Chief Tim Nelson told 22News that two people in the school's cafeteria had reported dizziness,...

Lewiston, ME - Firefighters evacuated more than 100 people from a building that houses Sparetime Recreation and two other businesses on Mollison Way for a carbon monoxide leak Tuesday morning, the Sun Journal reports.More than 100 employees were forced to stand in the...