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Bethlehem carbon monoxide leak sends 6 people to hospital

Bethlehem, PA - Six people were sent to the hospital after a blocked chimney caused a carbon monoxide leak in a Bethlehem home.Emergency crews were called out to the 700 block of East 7th Street late Friday night.According to crews at the scene, two people inside the...

East Deer couple rushed to hospital; CO detected in house

East Deer, PA - An East Deer couple are recovering after a scare inside their home Friday morning.Firefighters got a call around 6 a.m. when a woman found her husband on the floor of their Parsonage Street home and called 911. The man had a medical condition and was...

Girl’s bad dreams help save family from carbon monoxide

Spokane, WA - Debbie and Steve Smith and their granddaughter, Lily, 4, consider themselves lucky to be alive after carbon monoxide built up in their house while they were sleeping.The three independently experienced symptoms like dizziness, headache and a buzzing...

6 treated for carbon monoxide poisoning

Rochester, NY - Three tenants and three others inside a two-family home in Rochester were taken to the hospital Tuesday to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said.Authorities said a tenant inside the home on Avenue A awoke about 9 p.m. to a carbon...

3 Brooklyn Women Hospitalized After Carbon Monoxide Leak

New York, NY - Three women are hospitalized in serious condition after being overcome by carbon monoxide gas in their Brooklyn home Tuesday morning, officials said.The women were rushed from their two-story home at 299 Arlington Avenue in Cypress Hills to Jacobi...

Carbon monoxide leak hospitalizes 19 in Va.

Falls Church, VA - Nineteen people were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide leak in Fairfax County, Va.Officials say Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Services was called to the 6200 block of Leesburg Pike around 4:30 p.m. When they arrived, they found high carbon...

Couple found dead in RV at Nashville campground

Nashville, TN - Police say two people have died from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning inside their recreational vehicle at the KOA campground in Nashville.Police said 63-year-old Diane Turner and her husband, 53-year-old William Zinaveah, were found dead inside...

Family of seven ‘grateful’ no one hurt in home explosion

Joliet, IL - Their home destroyed by an explosion Monday afternoon, members of a Joliet family nonetheless were feeling fortunate even as they surveyed the rubble.No one was hurt, after all — a fact they attributed to timing, with not a lot of margin to spare....

2 children hospitalized after carbon monoxide incident in Columbia

Columbia, PA - Two children were taken to the hospital after what was first believed to be a gas leak in Columbia on Sunday morning, emergency officials said.Some 40 Columbia firefighters responded to the scene of the 11:39 a.m. leak, a house at 341 N. Second St. in...

Carbon monoxide chases family from rental home

Portland, OR - A family of four who just moved into a rental home in Southeast Portland escaped harm when the carbon monoxide alarm sounded twice within 15 minutes.The Swain family called 911 around 9:30 p.m. Saturday after hearing the alarm. Portland firefighters...

Officials: Home is destroyed after explosion in Lancaster

Lancaster County, SC - Police told WBTV nobody was injured when a house exploded in Lancaster on Saturday morning on Cane Mill Road.Five other homes were damaged in the blast according to the Lancaster Police Department.Officials blocked off the area because...