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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...

Boulder, CO - Six employees were treated at area hospitals Monday morning after high carbon-monoxide levels forced the evacuation of Boulder-based Evol Foods' production facilities at 1845 Range St.Police, fire and medical crews responded at 8:09 a.m. Monday after...

Ogan, UT - A nine-year-old Nibley girl was hospitalized Saturday from carbon monoxide poisoning at Hyrum Reservoir.Cache County Sheriff's Lt. Mike Peterson said the girl was boating with her family, sitting near the rear of the boat when she became unresponsive.The...

Coatesville, PA - COATESVILLE - An explosion leveled a two-story single-family home Thursday at Walnut Street and Pennrose Lane.According to the Coatesville Police Department, no one was inside the home when it exploded around 11:24 a.m in the 100 block of Pennrose...

Prince George's County, MD - A new law went into effect in Prince George's County on July 1, requiring that nearly all homes in the county have carbon monoxide detectors on each floor.The detectors are required in homes that have gas service for heating or cooking, as...

Orwell Township, OH - A 27-year-old female was killed and a male seriously injured after a house explosion at 4033 Montgomery Road Wednesday evening.The blast, which is said to have been felt for miles, was reported at about 6:45 p.m. Numerous fire departments, the...

Saginaw, MI - Carbon monoxide may be the cause of death for a Saginaw man and woman found in an Athens Street home on the city's northeast side Monday night. Police officers said the home's electricity appeared to not be turned on and a generator was found in the...

Washington, DC - The Environmental Defense Fund has put the cars that Google Street View deploys to map routes, houses and commercial buildings to a new use: Mapping natural gas leaks.The EDF issued interactive maps on Wednesday that will pinpoint the size and...

York County, PA - Shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday crews were called to a home on the 100 block of Water Street in Jacobus, York County, where a daughter had gone to her mother's home and noticed a funny smell.Police responded, the home was ventilated and inside the...

Darlington, PA - A husband and wife were killed Tuesday in an early-morning house explosion Tuesday in western Pennsylvania.The couple were inside the ranch-style home when the blast occurred about 4 a.m. in South Beaver Township, a rural area about 40 miles northwest...