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Waltham, MA - Gas leaks that can lead to catastrophic explosions will be fixed right away under a bill passed by the State Senate, said area legislator Mike Barrett.Massachusetts has had a string of severe blasts in recent years. In April, 12 people including elderly...

Harker Heights, TX - Four people are in good condition after getting carbon monoxide poisoning from a running car in their garage. Harker Heights Fire responded to a home on Moosehide Rd., just after 7 a.m. Friday morning on a report of three people feeling sick and...

Pensacola, FL - A natural gas release caused the deadly explosion that killed two people and injured 184 more at the Escambia County Central Booking and Detention Facility last week, authorities have announced.Multiple inmates reported they smelled gas in the jail...

Wahoo, NE - Carbon monoxide was to blame for a rescue call to the Wahoo Meat Locker on Tuesday afternoon.Wahoo Fire Chief Corey Wagner said the call came about 3 p.m. that two people were down at the building near the corner of Fifth and Chestnut streets in downtown...

Kingston, MA - A family of six using a generator because their power was out was overcome by carbon monoxide in their Kingston home early Thursday morning.A 19-year-old woman, who lives with the family, was taken by medical helicopter to Massachusetts General...

San Diego, CA - One man was injured Tuesday by a natural gas flash fire at a restaurant in Rancho Bernardo, fire officials said.The explosion and fire happened before 11:30 a.m. at the Bernardo Restauran in the 12400 block of Rancho Bernardo Road. The victim, a...

Gilbert, AZ - Even in the darkest of hours, Tammy Yohe always believed her husband would pull through. Twelve weeks and 22 surgeries later Jason Nelson is no longer in a coma. Yohe remembered his first words."He said what happened. What's wrong, what happened to my...

West Babylon, NY - Two people from a commercial building on Route 109 in West Babylon were taken to Good Samaritan Hospital on Tuesday with high levels of carbon monoxide, Suffolk County police said.Shortly after 11:15 a.m. a woman who had fallen was taken to the...

Pequannock, NJ - Thirty-six people – including 34 children — were taken to hospitals Monday after a carbon monoxide incident at a day care center in Pequannock, N.J., officials told WCBS 880.The incident took place at around 10:15 a.m. Monday at the So Big Child...

Elimsport, PA - ELIMSPORT, Pa. | Pennsylvania police say two adults and three children found dead inside a cabin had "toxic levels" of carbon monoxide in their blood.State police say a propane heater was found inside the cabin where the five people were found...

Tiverton, RI - A propane tank explosion in Tiverton early Friday morning destroyed a camper, injuring a man and a boy, and crews said both were lucky to be alive.The explosion happened at about 7 a.m. at 163 Lawrence Court."The walls blew out. The roof lifted up and...

Buffalo, NY - Two workers at a Grand Island beauty salon were treated at the scene for carbon monoxide inhalation after detectors went off and alerted the Grand Island Fire Company about noontime Tuesday.Tammy Matlock, 39, and Christiana Decker, 33, both of North...

Whatcom, WA - A Whatcom County man was in satisfactory condition at a Seattle hospital Friday, May 2, following a propane explosion that severely damaged his home.Lyle Mydland was lighting the pilot of his basement water heater on Tuesday, April 29, when an apparent...

Branford, CT - A man was overcome by carbon monoxide while welding inside a metal barge at Bruce & Johnson's Marina in Branford on Friday morning.The Branford Fire Department responded to 145 South Montowese St. at 10:38 a.m. when they received a report of an injured...

Pensacola, FL - An apparent gas explosion rocked a jail in the Florida Panhandle, killing two inmates, injuring as many as 150 people, and creating a chaotic scene Thursday after inmates were bused to hospitals and nearby jails when the crippled building had to be...