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Philadelphia, PA - PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A doctor who just happened to have the night off may have saved his friends' lives.Carbon monoxide levels were so high one roommate could hardly talk."Just out of it, lethargic, and could barely move. When I came in he was...

Peoria, IL - A Peoria man was taken to a Springfield burn unit after surviving an explosion that destroyed his south side home.Steven Schermer was inside the house on 3223 W. Ann St when the blast went off. It happened around 4:30a.m.Scattered debris filled his entire...

Naperville, IL - A hotel on Naperville's far north side was evacuated Monday morning due to high levels of carbon monoxide and natural gas.Emergency personnel responded to Hotel Arista, 2139 City Gate Lane, about 4:27 a.m., according to fire officials. They performed...

Westerville, OH - Darrel Grumman didn't know it at the time, but slowly his woodshop was becoming a health hazard.Unknown to him, his propane heater was leaking inside a closed garage."I was down there for maybe two hours and when I got upstairs I noticed I was kind...

Sicklerville, NJ - A South Jersey family was hospitalized overnight after becoming ill from carbon monoxide fumes.Winslow Township police said emergency responders were called to a home on Hidden Hollow Lane shortly before 3:30 a.m. for a report of an unconscious...

Georgetown, OH - A 16-year-old girl suffered second-degree burns over 60 percent of her body Monday after an explosion and fire at a home in Georgetown.Authorities responded to the home in the 300 block of Free Soil Road at about 4:30 p.m. and found Kilee Brookbank in...

Cordele, GA - CORDELE — A natural gas explosion rocked an apartment at Sunset Homes Thursday afternoon blowing out windows and causing several fires throughout the dwelling and even damaging the neighboring apartment.According to Chief Augustus Telfair firefighters...

Barbour County, PA - One person had to be flown to the West Penn Burn Center in Pittsburgh and another had to be rushed to Broaddus Hospital after a propane gas explosion.Officials say a furnace blew up in a home along Union Road in Barbour County, causing both people...

Ithaca, NY - A building was evacuated and first responders took five people to a hospital Wednesday when a malfunctioning boiler in West Village apartments exposed residents to carbon monoxide.Eventually 16 people were evaluated at Cayuga Medical Center, hospital...

New York, NY - A bed-bound, 100-year-old woman complaining of dizziness and nausea had to be carried to safety after a faulty heating appliance spewed carbon monoxide into her Queens home – one of two such incidents in the city since Monday that sent a half dozen...

Cleveland, OH - A Cleveland family of six was hospitalized early Thursday after elevated levels of carbon monoxide were detected in their home.A 26-year-old man in the house on the 1100 block of East 60th Street was transported to St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in...

Murray, KY - A two-day investigation into a Sunday night house explosion northeast of Murray concluded Wednesday.Bill Compton, an investigator with the Kentucky State Fire Marshal's Office, said he will submit a report from that investigation in coming days.Calloway...

Pittsburgh, PA - A newspaper reports the location of leaking natural gas pipelines in Pennsylvania is kept secret by the state commission charged with regulating companies that own the lines.But Public Utility Commissioner Gladys Brown said it's important to shield...

Youngsville, NC - Mike Oliver lost all of his possessions after he believes his home was destroyed by a propane tank explosion Wednesday night – but admits it could've been much worse.Oliver was sitting in a back room inside his Youngsville home when he said an...

Odessa, TX - Two women were pronounced dead Wednesday morning after a reported gas leak led firefighters to find them.Medical Examiner Chief Investigator Chuck Moad said the bodies of 88-year-old Jimmi Lane and 66-year-old Sherrie Wilson have been sent to Tarrant...