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Canoga Park, CA - A man and girl overcome by carbon monoxide from a portable power generator were rescued unconscious Friday from a Canoga Park apartment.Firefighters were sent on an afternoon call to the 8000 block of DeSoto Avenue, where they found the 21-year-old...

Washington, DC - Firefighters in D.C. saved a man who was sickened by carbon monoxide Thursday morning.Fire crews were called to the 3300 block of 20th Street NE for a report of an unconscious person who may have had a heart attack. When firefighters entered the home,...

Columbus, OH - When the natural gas explosion Wednesday on West Broad Street hit parked cars, it also took a family's Christmas.Cierra Jones had her new car for less than two months when the explosion hit. Inside the car, she was keeping Christmas gifts for her...

North Georgetown, OH - A baby's cries may have saved a family early Sunday.North Georgetown Fire Chief Ed Reichenbach said Rachel Raber was checking on her baby around 5 a.m. when she smelled natural gas in the home.“For whatever reason the baby woke up and was...

Lebanon, OH - Employees from Pax Corrugated Products were taken to the hospital after a carbon monoxide scare at their company in Lebanon.According to police, the incident happened around 6:45 p.m.Pax Corrugated Products is located in the 1800 block of Kingsview...

Springfield, MA - Carbon monoxide fumes from a worker using a gasoline-powered saw indoors prompted the emergency evacuation of an Allen Street strip mall Wednesday afternoon.The Fire Department was initially summoned to 1504 Allen St. for a report of a natural gas...

Vergas, MN - A man is dead and a handful of others sickened after being overcome by carbon monoxide Monday near Perham.A spokesman for the Ottertail County Sheriff's Department says the 67-year-old homeowner was alone in the home in rural Vergas when his wife...

Winnebago, NE - Nebraska state investigators have determined a propane heater malfunction caused a home explosion in Winnebago, Nebraska on Monday.87 year old Tony Pycha was the only one inside the home when the heater blew up.Pycha was taken to Mercy Medical Center...

Alliance, OH - Residents of an Alliance-area house escaped injury Sunday morning when their house at 1271 Case Road in Columbiana County's Knox Township exploded because of a buildup of natural gas."They had a gas leak," said Chief Ed Reichenbach of the North...

Bedford Hills, NY - Amid bitter cold, the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning increases with windows shut and the heat cranked up.As CBS2's Lou Young reported residents of a Westchester County building ended up sick from carbon monoxide — except for the resident who...