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Alarms malfunctioned during carbon monoxide leak in FHU dorm

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...

Two students suffer carbon monoxide poisoning in school parking lot

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...

Carbon monoxide and burns killed 6-year-old in explosion & fire

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...

Carbon monoxide death in Milford prompts Fire Department warning

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...

4 suffer carbon monoxide poisoning in Weymouth

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....

Carbon monoxide poisoning from mudding accident

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...

With old lines, natural gas leaks are a concern in Worcester

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...

12 Injured After Dorchester House Explosion

Dorchester, MA - Twelve people were injured after an explosion at a Dorchester home Wednesday night.Boston Fire says that the explosion caused a partial collapse of the two and a half story home at 27 Hansborough Street.The fire was on all floors of the house when...

14-year-old Calls 911, Saves Family from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Burley, ID - A 14-year-old girl called 911 from a Burley house early Tuesday and alerted officials that her family was ill from carbon monoxide poisoning.Callie Neal and her mother, Jill Zacharias, 45, and Zacharias' boyfriend, Carlos Ramirez, 41, all were rescued...

Propane most likely the cause of camper explosion

Colquitt County, GA - Colquitt County investigators say a propane leak is most likely the cause of an explosion that injured a family in Colquitt County on Tuesday, although the state fire marshal's office is still investigating.Deputies say propane leaked all over a...

One seriously injured in natural gas explosion at Seattle motel

Seattle, WA - SEATTLE -- One person was seriously burned in an natural gas explosion at a motel in Seattle Monday morning.The blast happened before 11:30 a.m. at the Klose In Motel at 9309 Aurora Avenue N. in North Seattle, blowing out the front wall of one room and...

Albertville community remembers mayor’s son, reality show star

Albertville, AL - He was a local reality star, and the son of a local mayor.Nick Honea known across the country, from a show on "CMT," is dead tonight, from carbon monoxide poisoning.He died just 1 day before his 28th birthday."Oh it's terrible, a parent's worst...

Explosion in Crystal Falls

Crystal Falls, MI - The Crystal Falls Fire Department responded to a propane explosion at a residence in Crystal Falls Township on Wednesday evening.Two people at the residence were able to get to safety and no injuries were reportedAt 5:30 p.m. the fire department...

Carbon Monoxide leak prompts evacuations

Colorado Springs, CO - Ten people were evacuated and nearby roads were closed while Colorado Springs firefighters dealt with a Carbon Monoxide leak in southwest downtown.Firefighters were dispatched to 723 S. Sierra Madre Street Monday morning (4/7/14). A business...

Man injured in Ferndale motor home explosion

Ferndale, WA - One man was injured when an explosion tore his motor home nearly in half Sunday morning, April 6 at a Ferndale mobile home park, according to firefighters.Around 11 a.m. neighbors in the Evergreen Mobile Home Park at 6800 Enterprise Road heard a loud...