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Family evacuated from home due to carbon monoxide leak

St. Louis, MO - Officials say a family was evacuated from their home in south St. Louis Saturday morning due to a carbon monoxide leak.The St. Louis Fire Department responded to the scene in the 3100 block of Holly Hills. Officials say one person was transported to a...

Carbon monoxide leak at North Royalton business sends 13 to hospital

North Royalton, OH - A carbon monoxide leak at Seneca Tape and Label Friday sent 13 people to the hospital with symptoms of dizziness and nausea, fire officials said.Elevated carbon monoxide levels were detected in the building, according to North Royalton Fire Chief...

Downtown Toledo bank evacuated after carbon monoxide reported

Toledo, OH - KeyBank in downtown Toledo was evacuated today after a bank manager reported carbon monoxide, authorities said.A total of six people, all bank employees, were evacuated from the building at 245 N. Superior St. at about 10:30 a.m."We've had a [carbon...

State report reveals safety violation before explosion

Elgin, TX - A report from the Texas Railroad commission, which regulates propane in the state, found six safety violations at a home that exploded in June. Commission staff is now pursuing enforcement against the company that filled the tank three days before the...

Hughestown couple nearly succumbs to carbon monoxide poisoning

Hughestown, PA - A Hughestown couple had a harrowing escape from their home after nearly succumbing to carbon monoxide poisoning Monday.John Langhorne, 75, called 911 at 2:51 p.m. Monday to report that he found his wife, Beverly Langhorne, 74, cold and unresponsive in...

Carbon monoxide at Flinn Stadium sends students to the hospital

Quincy, IL - Parents and students had a scare Saturday night during Quincy High School's 19th Annual Octoberfest Band Competition at Flinn Stadium.John Simon with Adams County Emergency Management said that students participating in the competition fell ill towards...

Manchester restaurant evacuated due to carbon monoxide

Manchester, NH - Manchester police and fire responded to the Mall of New Hampshire Sunday morning for high carbon monoxide readings.Officials responded just before 11a.m. to the Bertuccis restaurant inside the mall.The restaurant was evacuated. Manchester Fire...

Natural gas explosion kills husband, wife

Ina, IL - Jefferson County Coroner Eddie Joe Marks tells Local 6 a husband and wife were killed in their Ina home Friday after a natural gas line exploded.Marks identified the couple as Byford and Westina Campbell, both 87.Marks says the explosion happened around 8pm...

Woman dies of carbon monoxide poisoning

Worthington, IN - A southern Indiana woman has died of carbon monoxide poisoning a week after her husband died of the same cause.The Herald-Times reports 73-year-old Peggy Davis died Friday at her home, about 30 miles west of Bloomington, a day after she had been...

Carbon Monoxide at Colorado Rec Center Sickens 12

Greeley, CO - A faulty boiler used to heat the swimming pool at a recreation center in northern Colorado is believed to be the source of carbon monoxide that sickened 12 people, including at least one child who was hospitalized.The Greeley Tribune reports that they...

Cops: Carbon monoxide likely killed passengers

New Haven, CT - The deaths of two people, including a New Fairfield woman, found inside a running car at a New Haven parking garage appear to have been accidental -- possibly caused by carbon monoxide, police said.Michael Longo Jr., 28, of Monroe, and Amy Nicole...

House demolished in explosion

Athens, TX - No one was injured when a house exploded outside of Athens on Saturday, but the residence was a total loss.Henderson County 9-1-1 received the call at about 8:20 a.m., reporting that the house on County Road 2494 exploded. The woman who contacted 9-1-1...

Officials: Deadly Aurora fire result of natural gas explosion

Aurora, CO - Officials say a deadly fire early Tuesday that destroyed one home and badly damaged another was the result of a natural gas explosion.Fire officials, who said the explosion was accidental, did not immediately release the identity of the person killed in...