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Lake Wylie ambulances respond to carbon monoxide call; several taken to hospital
Lake Wylie, SC - Several people were sent the hospital from a Lake Wylie work site Friday afternoon, though none appeared to have life-threatening injuries.Piedmont Medical Center, River Hills-Lake Wylie EMS and Bethel Volunteer Fire Department responders converged at...
Firefighters Rescue Woman From Potential Carbon Monoxide
Lexington, KY - An elderly woman was rescued after she was found unconscious in her home on Santee Way just before 4 a.m.The victim called 911 and told EMS that she felt sick.When firefighters arrived on scene they found the woman unconscious in bed. Their carbon...
Rush Springs home explodes due to propane misuse
Rush Springs, OK - A house in Rush Springs exploded yesterday due to a misuse of propane.It happened around 5:00 yesterday evening. No one was home at the time.Propane had been hooked up to a space heater instead of natural gas, causing an explosion.The house has...
High levels of carbon monoxide send 8 to hospital in Evanston, officials say
Evanston, IL- Eight people were transported to the hospital for evaluation Monday morning after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected inside a residential building in Evanston, officials said.Residents in the building in the 1400 block of Pitner Avenue called...
Therapy dog among victims in Lee’s Summit apartment building propane explosion
Lee's Summit, MO - An explosion lifted part of the roof right off a Lee's Summit apartment building Monday. A ball of flames erupted as a maintenance man was trying to light a family's furnace in the 2400 block of Missouri 291 Highway.We were in mid conversation and...
Officials: Faulty furnace work likely cause of Delanson house explosion, fire
Delanson, NY - An incorrectly installed propane gas line may be to blame for the explosion and subsequent fire that destroyed a Delanson home, Schenectady County fire officials said Friday.Determining the official cause was made difficult after fire officials deemed...
Propane tank causes explosion that levels Bristol, Va., home
Bristol, VA - Officials say a propane tank appears to be responsible for an explosion that shook a Bristol, Virginia, neighborhood Thursday morning.Washington County, Virginia, Sheriff Fred Newman said that investigation and statements point to a propane tank causing...
Explosion Engulfs Apartment Building
Payson, AZ - A massive gas explosion that blew some residents out of their shoes and vaporized their escape route engulfed a two-story apartment building at 201 E. Zurich St. at 8 p.m. Saturday.Miraculously, no one was killed in the explosion heard all over Payson....
Carbon Monoxide Leak Causes Evacuation at IHCC
Ottumwa, IA - A carbon monoxide leak has led to an evacuation on the Ottumwa Indian Hills Community College campus and sent some to the hospital. On Tuesday morning, November 8th people in the Bennett Student Services Building began complaining of feeling ill. The...
Man injured in house explosion in central New York
Fairmount, NY - Authorities are investigating the cause of an explosion that caused heavy damage to a central New York home and injured a man living there.The blast occurred shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday in the Onondaga County town of Camillus. Neighbors who rushed to...