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Bellingham, WA - A Whatcom County man is seriously burned after a propane explosion at his home on Starry Road.North Whatcom Fire Chief Ron Anderson says the residents had run out of propane for their hot water tank, but they left the pilot valve on the water heater...

Storm Lake, IO - STORM LAKE, Iowa | Two Storm Lake residents sickened by carbon monoxide have been released from the hospital.Firefighters say Maurice Leonard and Lillian Leonard were sickened by inhaling fumes from a malfunctioning water heater in their home on North...

Fair Play, SC - Oconee County dispatchers said firefighters were called to a truck stop off of Interstate 85 after an explosion was reported.Dispatchers said it was reported at Bubba's Truck Stop off of exit 4, in the restaurant area of the truck stop on Herring Road...

Decatur, IL - DECATUR - Firefighters saved a man and woman Sunday evening after they were found unconscious in a house full of carbon monoxide fumes.The alarm had been raised at 5:18 p.m. by the man's brother after he received no response to phone calls to the house...

Long Grove, IL - A large explosion leveled a home and damaged 50 others in a northwest suburban subdivision Friday night, prompting an emergency response from multiple jurisdictions and startling residents in neighboring communities miles away.Crews are still on the...

Fall River, MA - Five children and an adult were all taken to area hospitals to be treated for possible carbon monoxide poisoning.The six victims were all inside a multi-family home on Ridge Street in Fall River on Friday morning when someone called 911.Fall River...

Fall River, MA - Seven people — two adults and five children — were hospitalized today after a carbon monoxide leak in a three-family house at 205 Ridge St.A malfunctioning boiler unit in the tenement's basement leaked the carbon monoxide, which caused flu-like...

North Bend, WA - NORTH BEND, Wash. -- A massive natural gas explosion early Friday morning destroyed three buildings and damaged several others, blowing out windows and doors and leaving a debris field several blocks long.CBS Affiliate KIRO reports that residents...

Henderson, TN - Three students felt sick late Tuesday night when a carbon monoxide leak occurred in the Bradfield female dormitory at Freed-Hardeman University.Alarms malfunctioned and didn't sound with the leak occurred, according to school officials.The building was...

Dayton, OH - Two students at Franklin Monroe School were hospitalized after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in a parked car.Faulty exhaust on the vehicle is being blamed for the incident. Both students were found unconscious in the car around 7:30...

Oklahoma City, OK - The Oklahoma medical examiner's office used dental records to positively identify a child killed in an explosion and fire at the home where he lived with his grandparents.Tyler Spears, 6, died of carbon monoxide poisoning and burns, the medical...

Milford, CT - MILFORD >> The importance of having working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors is being stressed by officials after a man who died Tuesday night at Milford Hospital was found with high levels of the deadly gas in his body.The man, whose identity was not...

Weymouth, MA - Authorities say two adults and two children were hospitalized after a car left running in an attached garage filled a Weymouth home with dangerous levels of carbon monoxide.A relative called firefighters after stopping by the house at about 9:30 a.m....

Hartford, CT - Patrick Evans is wheeled out of the hyperbaric chamber at Hartford Hospital. It's his last round of treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning he sustained in a jeep while he was off roading."I was reaching for the door handle because I was going to get...

Worcester, MA - In this city still served by brittle cast iron natural gas mains from last century, firefighters respond to an average of three natural gas leak calls a week, according to dispatch records. And gas leaks here that aren't deemed an immediate danger...