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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....

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...

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...

Jamestown, ND - An accidental carbon monoxide poisoning killed Harold Newman, the founder of the sign company here that bears his name, police say.The 80-year-old accidentally left his car running in his Jamestown home's attached garage before he went to bed for the...

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...

Cane Beds, AZ - Emergency responderswith the Colorado City Fire District and Mohave County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a mobile home fire triggered by a gas explosion Saturday morning.Four people were in the mobile home at 2600 South 1800 East, Cane Beds,...

Glassport, PA - A family of five suffered carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday, and on Thursday Channel 11 learned the case may be criminal. Natalie Henderson and her four children, ages 5 to 15, were found on the porch of the Glassport home they were renting on...

Marquette, MI - The Marquette City Fire Department was dispatched this morning to a natural gas explosion in a home on South Lake Street.Fire officials said just after 8 a.m. they were called to the 1000 block of South Lake Street after a passerby called 911 to report...

Palm Springs, CA - An Ohio attorney whose body was found in a Palm Springs hotel room in November died from carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said Wednesday.Mark Walter Ruf, 48, was found dead on the floor of his room at the Curve Palm Springs Hotel & Resort on...

Scott County, MS - Officials said four people whose bodies were found in a home in Scott County early Wednesday morning appear to have succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning.The victims, who were not related to each other, were identified as Carlos Jermaine Boyd, 22;...

New York, NY - U.S. investigators were looking into gas lines and meters to determine what caused a natural gas explosion last week that leveled two New York City apartment buildings and killed eight people, fatalities that a city official said were accidental.Five...

Branch County, MI - Two off duty Branch County Deputies are getting the credit for an emergency rescue after they came upon the scene of an apparent natural gas explosion at a home at the corner of Marshall and Bidwell Roads just before noon on Monday.Deputies Al...

Lacey, WA - A propane tank explosion inside an RV on Reservation Road east of Lacey Monday night sent a couple who lived there to an area hospital with burns.The woman suffered second- and third-degree burns in the explosion, Lacey Fire Department Battalion Chief Tim...

Douglas, MA - Eighteen people, 16 of them kindergarten students, were taken to the hospital Monday morning after a carbon monoxide leak at the Douglas Municipal Center, the fire chief said.A malfunctioning boiler caused the leak at about 9:15 a.m. at the Municipal...

Denver, CO - More than a dozen people were sickened by carbon monoxide Saturday evening in downtown Denver. The incident happened at the Noodles and Company restaurant at the 16th Street Mall.Mark Watson, with the Denver Fire Department, said 13 people were checked...