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Gas leak likely caused Peoria County home explosion
Peoria County, IL -- Chillicothe Fire Chief Marvin Roderick said he is 95 percent certain that a propane gas leak caused a home near Chillicothe to explode Tuesday afternoon. Small flames and smoke continued to rise from the explosion site Wednesday afternoon. The...
Nearly 100 evacuated from Madison shelter early Wednesday
Madison, WI - Nearly 100 people were evacuated from a Madison shelter, just hours after an overnight storm dropped several inches of snow on the city. The evacuation effort began around 4:30 a.m., shortly after a staff member detected a gas odor so potent that one...
Two Transported to Hospital After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Hollywood Apartment Building
Hollywood, MD - On Wednesday, December 30, 2020, at approximately 10:50 a.m., firefighters from Hollywood, Leonardtown, and Bay District responded to 24550 Mt. Pleasant Road in Hollywood, for the odor of gas in an apartment building. 10 Volunteers Firefighters from...
Carbon monoxide poisoning sends 8 in northwest Roanoke to hospital early Sunday
Roanoke, VA - Eight people in northwest Roanoke with symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning were taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital early Sunday, according to a statement from Roanoke Fire-EMS. No further information was available Sunday afternoon about the...
4 people taken to the hospital after carbon monoxide exposure in Drexel Hill, Pa.
Drexel Hill, PA -- Four people were rushed to the hospital after they were exposed to carbon monoxide inside a home in Drexel Hill, Pa. The incident occurred Monday afternoon along the 4200 block of Garret Road. Fire officials say a family was running their lawnmower...
Houston family hospitalized after Christmas tamale tradition causes carbon monoxide poisoning
Houston, TX – A Houston family spent Christmas morning receiving treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning. At approximately 4:48 a.m. Friday, fire crews were dispatched to an apartment complex in the 3900 block of Hollister Road in reference to a hazmat incident. Once...
3 people taken to hospital after carbon monoxide poisoning in south-central El Paso
El Paso, TX — Officials with the El Paso Fire Department said three people are hospitalized after a carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in south-central El Paso. The incident happened at 6027 Jemez Drive. Officials said all three people who were hospitalized are in...
York carbon monoxide poisoning victims sent home
York, ME — The five people transported to area hospitals after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning on Christmas Eve were all home in time for the holiday. York Village Fire Chief Chris Balentine said they and the fire marshal will return to 23A Witchtrot Road, the...
Natural gas investigated as possible cause of explosion, fire at Beavercreek home
Beavercreek, OH — Firefighters and Vectren natural gas crews are investigating the cause of an explosion at a Beavercreek house that sparked a fire Wednesday afternoon. Crews responded to the 1500 block of Forestdale Avenue, near Dayton Xenia Road, around 12:30 p.m....
4 NW Houston family members rushed to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning
Houston, TX — Four members of a northwest Houston family were rushed to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday afternoon. Cy-Fair Fire Department crews found the victims inside the home in the 17000 block of Cairnlassie. One of the patients is a...
Carbon monoxide incident sends 13 to the hospital in Queens
Queens, NY -- More than dozen residents were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide incident in Queens Monday morning. Officials said the residents inside the building on 32nd Avenue in East Elmhurst began feeling sick and calling 911 just after 6:15 a.m. Fourteen...
Three in Christiansburg treated after possible carbon monoxide poisoning
Christiansburg, VA - Montgomery County Emergency Services (MCES) is urging people to use generators properly after three people were taken to a hospital for treatment of possible carbon monoxide poisoning. Sunday, volunteers from the Christiansburg Volunteer Fire...
Downtown Boston building evacuated after high carbon monoxide readings
Boston, MA - Firefighters evacuated 27 units at a building in downtown Boston early Sunday morning following reports of high carbon monoxide readings, officials said. Crews responded to the high readings at Hamilton Place just after 6 a.m. National Grid responded to...
3 Children Treated For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Bay Shore: PD
Bay Shore, NY — Three children were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after they were exposed in their Bay Shore home Saturday afternoon, according to Suffolk police. Officers responded to a 911 call of a carbon monoxide alarm at a home on Lincoln Boulevard at...
Propane leak may have caused deadly Benton Co. explosion
Siloam Springs, AR — A propane leak may have caused a deadly explosion near Siloam Springs Monday afternoon, Lt. Shannon Jenkins with the Benton County Sheriff's Office told 40/29 News. The explosion happened on Bill Young Road, which is east of Siloam Springs. It...