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Watertown Apartment Building Evacuated
Watertown, NY - Tuesday started early for many residents of Brighton Apartments with their their wakeup call coming from the Watertown Fire Department. "Firemen came to my door about 7:10, told me I had to leave. So I put on some jeans and left," said Andrew Nichols,...
Couple dies of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in NW Minnesota home; 2 daughters treated
Crookston, MN - A rural Crookston couple has died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in their home and two of their daughters are being treated.Polk County sheriff's authorities say 49-year-old Kent Ostgaard and his 51-year-old wife, Natalie, were found dead after...
Vacant Carmel home destroyed in explosion
Carmel, CA - A natural gas explosion leveled a long-vacant Carmel home late Monday morning and shattered windows on two nearby homes. The blast was heard blocks away.A one-block area around the home at Third Avenue and Guadalupe Street was evacuated for about an hour...
Family sues propane company over deadly freak explosion
Dobbin, TX - The family of the victims injured and killed in a freak Montgomery County explosion last summer are now suing the company which just the day before re-filled the tank that supplied propane to the home.Lena Mock Knight, 65, and her sister, Jennifer Mock,...
Rush City family escapes silent killer, carbon monoxide poisoning
Rush City, MN - One Rush City area family is counting its blessings after escaping what has been called a silent killer.If the snowstorm on Thursday evening, Feb. 20, wasn't enough to deal with, this family of four thought of a number of reasons why they felt fatigued...
Two treated for carbon monoxide exposure in New London
New London, CT - Two people were taken to the hospital on Friday afternoon for treatment of carbon monoxide exposure, and several others were evacuated from a multi-family home at 329 Broad St.New London Fire Department Battalion Chief Keith Nichols said testing...
Furnace malfunction blamed for carbon monoxide leak in Sanford
Sanford, ME - Sanford firefighters responded to a carbon monoxide leak on Clinton Street on Thursday morning.Initial reports indicated that a resident had been taken to a hospital, but firefighters later confirmed that the individual was checked at the scene for signs...
Leak causes Ravalli County inmates to fall ill
Hamilton, MT - A number of inmates were ill after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, and maintenance staff at the Ravalli County Detention Center are trying to find what caused the leak, that happened on Sunday morning.Inmates were complaining of headaches,...
Apartment Explosion Sends Man to Hospital
Grand Junction, CO - An apartment explosion in Grand Junction sent one man to the hospital Monday afternoon.According to the Grand Junction Police Department, the explosion happen around 3 p.m. at 445 4th Avenue in apartment 10.Officials say fire was quickly put out;...
Four family members found deceased in Pocatello home; carbon monoxide suspected
Pocatello, ID - A Pocatello dentist and three members of his family were found deceased in their home on Satterfield Drive about 9:30 pm Sunday, it appears that the family, two adults and two young boys, died from carbon monoxide poisoning.Bill and Ross Parrish and...
Recent Attica explosion ‘could have been devastating,’ fire chief says
Attica, IN - Attica firefighters got lucky earlier this month when a building exploded from a natural gas leak.Natural gas had filled two houses on adjacent corners of Perry and New streets, where firefighters had set up to fight the blaze caused by the explosion on...
Victim in apparent carbon monoxide death identified
Blount County, TN - The Blount County Sheriff's Office is continuing its investigation in the death of a woman from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.Debra Ann Cerrato, 58, was found dead Saturday in the bedroom of her home in the 1100 block of McArthur Road.A small...
Carbon Monoxide from Grill Sickens 13 in Western Wis.
Arcadia, WI - Sheriff's officials say 13 people were overcome by carbon monoxide when a charcoal grill was used inside a home in Trempealeau County.Dispatchers received a call about an unknown medical condition at a home in the Town of Arcadia late Sunday afternoon....
CHP: Carbon Monoxide Sickened Reno-Bound Bus Passengers
Mono County, CA - The California Highway Patrol says carbon monoxide may have sickened more than a dozen passengers aboard a Reno-bound commercial bus.CHP says the Amador Stage Lines bus was en route from Long Beach, California with roughly 50-60 passengers when some...
Fatal Moore Township home explosion caused by propane leak, was accidental, state police say
Moore Township, PA - Pennsylvania State Police today said the Moore Township explosion Feb. 14 that killed a 65-year-old man was caused by a liquid propane gas leak.The blast at the Hickory Hills mobile home park off Route 512 was determined to be an accident, state...