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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...

Mt. Morris, MI - A potential issue with a natural gas line is believed to have been behind an explosion that leveled the On The Spot Car Wash Sunday, July 13 and severely damaged a wall at Grandma Kay's Family Diner.Firefighters come to the scene where On The Spot...

Albuquerque, NM - Three people were taken to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning after the gas was accidentally released while workers were remodeling a Northeast Heights restaurant Saturday.The restaurant is in a shopping plaza near Paseo del Norte and...

North Bend, WA - The explosion that destroyed several buildings in North Bend on April 25, has recently been ruled an accident by the King County Sheriff's fire investigator. The investigation had been ongoing since the early morning incident. The explosion was caused...

Plymell, KS - A second member of a western Kansas family has died after an explosion at their home last month.Garden City Fire Chief Allen Shelton says 14-year-old Riley Unruh died Tuesday at a Wichita hospital. His 17-year-old brother, Spencer Unruh, died in the...

Springfield, MA - A blueprint to speed repairs to thousands of leaks in natural gas pipelines across the state — reducing the threat of explosions and eventually saving consumers millions of dollars — will be unveiled Monday in Springfield.The effort, authorized by...

New York, NY - Houseboats that use gasoline-powered generators that lack emission controls may produce dangerous levels of carbon monoxide, a new safety study shows.These generators don't have a mechanism to reduce exposure to this dangerous, colorless and odorless...