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Carroll County, MD - The Office of the State Fire Marshal says a propane leak in the basement of the business in northern Carroll County was the origin and cause for an explosion that injured two female employees Thursday.The incident occurred at about 2:15 p.m. in...

Westminster, MD - Fire officials are blaming a propane leak for a building explosion that injured two women near Westminster.The Office of the State Fire Marshal announced Friday that investigators determined that a leak in the basement of the building on Silver Run...

Livingston County, MI - One of Tyrone Township's oldest homes was destroyed this morning when a propane gas leak ignited a blaze, a fire official said.Chief Adam Carroll of the Hartland Deerfield Fire Authority said fire officials continue to investigate the cause of...

Lexington, KY - Lexington firefighters evacuated an apartment building, and a few residents were left a bit light-headed after a carbon monoxide buildup inside late Monday night.Firefighters responded to the Pegasus Place Apartments on Larkin Road around 11:45 p.m....

Richfield, UT - SALT LAKE CITY — Authorities say two people are dead and two others are injured from an apparent carbon monoxide leak in a Richfield home.Richfield Police Chief John Evans says two stepbrothers, 17-year-old Joey Julander and 21-year-old Tyler Utley,...

Baltimore, MD - The family of a boy killed after a natural gas explosion has sued Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., alleging that it ignored its failing pipes that leaked the gas and triggered the explosion.Troy Douglas, 8, was killed in February as he was walking home...

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...