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Farmville, NC - An Eastern Carolina grocery store has reopened after a worker passed out and many others were affected by high levels of carbon monoxide.Farmville officials say it happened overnight at the Food Lion on Highway 258 Business.Fire Chief Lee Keel says...

Troy, MI - Troy — Officials suspect that a natural gas leak was responsible for a fire and explosion that occurred at a Kroger supermarket late Monday night.Damages were minimal and no one was injured in the incident, which occurred at about 10 p.m. at the Kroger...

Wilmington Island, GA - Investigators say a buildup of natural gas caused an explosion at a Wilmington Island home Friday night. Southside Fire crews responded to the 600 block of Leaning Oaks drive around 8:30 p.m. Neighbors heard an explosion and firefighters...

Lexington, KY - A Lexington business has been evacuated after a carbon monoxide leak.It was around nine o'clock Friday morning when employees at Neogen Corporation on Mercer Road noticed a strange odor. They contacted Columbia Gas.Worker with Columbia Gas came out and...

San Marcos, TX - Two incidents of carbon monoxide exposures were reported in San Marcos this week, one of them fatal.The first incident happened Tuesday night when crews found 57-year-old Rob Schmid dead in an underground chamber at the AE Wood State Fish Hatchery....

Mt. Lebanon, PA - One person was hospitalized Wednesday evening after a Mt. Lebanon apartment building had to be evacuated due to a carbon monoxide leak at the pool.Emergency dispatchers confirmed the building at Bower Hill Apartments was evacuated about 6:30 p.m.One...

Los Angeles, CA - Authorities say 6 people who were helping clean up UCLA's flooded Pauley Pavilion are being treated for exposure to carbon monoxide.The arena's court was covered with up to 10 inches of water Tuesday after a 30-inch water main broke nearby and sent...

Boardman, OH - Robert Casey came home last Thursday after going out to eat, parked his car in the garage, and then went inside and went to bed about 8 p.m.Twelve hours later, police were at his door and township firefighters were forcing their way in after Casey's...

Barnesville, ND - A home in Barnesville was heavily damaged in a propane blast Monday morning. There were no injuries.Fire chief Mike Stetz says the force of the explosion blew out the basement door and the garage door. He says there was an initial fireball that put...

Rockford, IL - Fire investigators have determined that a natural gas explosion at 2:24 p.m. Sunday damaged a house at 2906 Marshall St.How it happened remains undetermined and under a continuing investigation, Rockford Fire Department Investigator Chad Moe said.No one...

Palm Bay, FL - A woman is dead and her live-in boyfriend is near death following what appears to be a case of carbon monoxide poisoning inside their home, according to Yvonne Martinez, Public Information Coordinator for the City of Palm Bay.Palm Bay Police Officers...

Pawling, NY - A boiler malfunction caused the basement and some of the first floor of the Dutcher House building to fill with "very high levels" of carbon monoxide, said Pawling Fire Department Chief Everett White.The entire building, which has businesses on the first...

Philadelphia, PA - A woman is in critical condition and a child is recovering from minor injuries after a propane tank exploded Saturday morning inside an RV in Oxford Circle.Police said the 36-year-old woman was cooking inside the moving RV when the explosion...

Lower Windsor Township, PA - Residents said their homes shook around 5 a.m. Thursday when a Lower Windsor Township, York County, home exploded."Imagine a house with a bomb that goes off inside it," Lower Windsor Township Police Chief Tim Caldwell said of the damage....

Willis, TX - Neighbors described an eerie scene of destruction Tuesday after three people were seriously injured when a house exploded in north Montgomery County.The incident happened about 5 a.m. at the three-bedroom, wood-frame home on Mandy Lane near Rogers in the...