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Jeffersontown, KY - A malfunctioning gas burning appliance caused the Fairfield Inn & Suites in Jeffersontown to evacuate.Carbon monoxide detectors went off around 1:40 p.m. at the Fairfield Inn & Suites at 1220 Kentucky Mills Drive causing everyone to...

Provo, UT - A wheelchair-bound woman barely escaped death Sunday afternoon after her south Provo home exploded.Neighbors in the 1200 East block of 520 South, who felt their own homes shake from the blast, helped pull Glenda Wyatt, 54, from the rubble.Ben Pierce, who...

Kaena Point, HI - The medical examiner says a man who was trapped in a Jeep that may have been filled with carbon monoxide at Kaena Point has died.The medical examiner has identified him as 32-year-old Christopher Holbrook.Police believe Holbrook and a 26-year-old...

Hartford, CT - It was a close call for a mother and her unborn son in Vernon after she said she nearly died from carbon monoxide poisoning.Cheyenne Brennan and her boyfriend, Steve Gankofskie, now want to warn people about the dangers of the silent, odorless and...

New York, NY - The deadly explosion that ripped apart two buildings in New York's East Harlem on Wednesday morning brings new attention to a risk experts have been warning is especially great beneath the oldest U.S. cities: natural gas leaks.Con Edison, the utility...

Staten Island, NY - STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Fire Department personnel conducting a routine inspection found elevated carbon monoxide levels at a New Dorp business, resulting in two people being taken to the hospital, officials said.While inspecting Shaggy's Cheesesteaks...

San Diego, CA - Severe corrosion caused a 2012 natural gas pipeline rupture and explosion in West Virginia that destroyed three houses and cooked a stretch of Interstate 77, and the incident likely could have been prevented if the pipeline had been inspected or...

St. James, MN - The St. James Fire Department responded to United Methodist Church Tuesday after the church's carbon monoxide detector augured danger; when the fire department showed up and tested the level in the church, the level exceeded what their instrument could...

Lebanon, CT - The two people found dead in a running car in Lebanon on Monday were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, according to state police.Brittany Holland, 25, of Hebron, and Casey Senechal, 26, of Lebanon, were found in a running car at Smith Road and Route...

Portage, UT - PORTAGE, Box Elder County — A propane-fueled explosion destroyed a home Monday afternoon.The explosion was felt for several blocks just before 2 p.m. and kept fire crews on scene into night, said Corey Barton, Box Elder County fire marshal.The homeowner...

New York, NY - A single bumbling National Grid employee worked on two natural-gas hookups before they were involved in massive explosions on Long Island in 2011 and 2012, a just-completed state Public Service Commission investigation found.National Grid faces maximum...

Carrboro, NC - Residents woke Friday to cold houses, falling trees and slushy roads as the latest winter weather turned into a cold drizzle.A Carrboro Post Office worker was taken to UNC Hospitals for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, fire officials said.Orange...

El Paso, TX - A family of three were taken to Las Palmas after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning Friday morning.A 7 a.m., fire crews responded to a home on the 3200 block of Sal Berroteran Drive when a family member called 911.The caller said his wife,...

Columbus, OH - A South Linden home was damaged by a fire caused by a natural gas explosion Friday afternoon.Firefighters were called to a home on the 900 block of Chittenden Avenue shortly before 3:30 p.m. Friday on a report of a fire.Firefighters responding to the...

Swanton, VT - Vermont State Police are investigating an explosion and fire at a residence on Church Street in Swanton.Police say the resident Warren Caswell called 911 to report a propane explosion and fire in his garage. Caswell was working alone at the time the...