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When gas lines meet sewer lines: The worst case scenario lurks across Tri-State
Middletown, OH - It took days to collect all the pieces of 2212 Crescent Boulevard. Parts of the home that once stood there were scattered down two Middletown streets.A grandmother and her three grandchildren barely made it out before natural gas filled the home.And...
Tenants battle landlord over high carbon monixide levels in home
Commerce City, CO - The FOX31 Denver Problem Solvers are looking into complaints about a landlord who tenants say is trying to weasel her way out of fixing a potentially dangerous problem.Erica Beltran has been renting a home in Commerce City for the past three years....
Rexburg family survives carbon monoxide scare: ‘We were actually in danger’
Rexburg, ID - It was a normal Sunday for Chris and Julia Marcum. They ate breakfast and spent some time playing with their young daughters before church.What they didn't know was there was an invisible danger lurking in their home and it's likely a small detector...
One injured; home destroyed in natural gas explosion
Lincoln, NE - A natural gas explosion in Lincoln sent one person to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and destroyed his home Friday night.It happened near 8th and B streets around 10:30 p.m.On the scene Friday night, Lincoln Fire Battalion Chief Jeremy Gegg...
9 Investigates carbon monoxide levels at elementary school
Cornelius, NC - A frustrated father turned to Eyewitness News after his doctor diagnosed his 8-year-old daughter's chronic headaches as a result of daily exposure to carbon monoxide poisoning at J.V. Washam Elementary School in Cornelius.Last week, J.V. Washam...
Ten people recovering from possible carbon monoxide inhalation in Greensboro
Greensboro, NC - GREENSBORO, N.C. Ten people are recovering from what investigators believe is carbon monoxide inhalation at the HAECO building in Greensboro.Eight of them were taken to the hospital, according to officials.While crews are working to confirm the...
Explosion hits apartment building near Des Plaines; 2 suffer minor injuries
Des Plaines, IL- An explosion rocked a three-story apartment building Thursday morning in unincorporated Cook County near Des Plaines Thursday morning, causing minor injuries to two people and leaving the building unihabitable, according to officials.Firefighters and...
Man injured when propane heater explodes, officials say
Village of Lime Ridge, WI - A 50-year-old man was injured Tuesday night when a propane heater he was trying to light exploded, Sauk County officials said.Sauk County sheriff's deputies were sent to West Maple Street in the Village of Lime Ridge around 8:05 p.m. for...
Man flown to Shock Trauma for exposure to high levels of carbon monoxide
Washington County, MD - A man was flown to a Baltimore hospital after he was exposed to what appeared to be a dangerous level of carbon monoxide Tuesday afternoon at the B.P. Lesky Distributing Co. near Hagerstown, a Washington County Emergency Services supervisor...
12-year-old girl dies of CO poisoning in Wintersville; Mother being treated in hospital
Wintersville, OH - Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla said a 12-year-old girl died Tuesday morning of carbon monoxide poisoning in a home along Linmar Ave. in Cross Creek Township.Her mother is in a hospital, fighting for her life.Abdalla says a car was left...