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Havre de Grace, MD - One of two patients being taken to shock trauma Sunday after being overcome by carbon monoxide was in an ambulance that caught fire on I-95 on the way to the hospital.Emergency medical personnel and local firefighters were called to help two...

Omaha, NE - An Omaha couple found dead in their home last week were victims of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, Omaha police said Monday.The bodies of Mark and Phyllis Duranski were discovered Friday after friends became concerned when Phyllis Duranski, 73,...

Fitchburg, WI- Mike St. John found his neighbor, Brian Grittner, seated in a pond of pink insulation in what remained of his Fitchburg home. Two explosions had just leveled the building, leaving Grittner prone and incoherent — but alive.There were two “whumps” — a big...

Hancock, MD - HANCOCK — The Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the cause of an explosion that destroyed a house and propelled vehicles into the air Thursday morning at 14205 Hollow Road near Hancock.Ben Hoopengardner, deputy chief of the Hancock...

Fitchburg, WI - A 57-year-old man is at UW Hospital with critical injuries after his house in Fitchburg blew up. The man was found in the rubble in his front yard last evening around 6:45. The cause of the explosion is still being investigated.“This is a significant...

Andover, MA - High levels of carbon monoxide forced La Quinta Hotel & Suites to evacuate 60 of its 168 rooms early Friday afternoon.After the gas was eliminated, the undetermined number of guests were allowed to return to their rooms. Deputy fire Chief Albert DelDotto...

Edenton, NC - A police officer is being recognized as a hero after saving more than a dozen people from a restaurant after a potentially deadly gas leak.Doctors treated 15 people, including five first responders, for carbon monoxide poisoning after a leak Wednesday at...

Ocean Beach, CA - On August 22 at about 7 p.m., San Diego Police Department cruisers, fire and rescue vehicles, and SDG&E crews responded a complaint of a natural-gas odor in a garage located near Santa Cruz and Del Monte avenues in Ocean Beach. About 200 residents...

Fort Collins, CO - Sprouts Farmers Market in south Fort Collins was closed for hours on Thursday while firefighters investigated a carbon monoxide issue.Poudre Fire Authority responded about 8:30 a.m. to the grocery store at 4345 Cobett Drive on reports of a carbon...

West Bend, WI - Tuesday night at 10:45 PM, the West Bend Fire Department was dispatched to a smoke detector alarm at a townhouse style apartment building. The occupant said they saw no smoke or flames.While investigating the alarm firefighters used gas meters to...