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Baltimore, MD - The Baltimore Fire Department releases a cause in the East Baltimore fire that killed an 8-year-old boy walking home from school.Investigators say it was a gas explosion, and for the first time, we're hearing the desperate 911 calls.Meghan McCorkell...

Cleveland, OH - A home on the city's East Side exploded Thursday at about 12:45 p.m., spreading debris throughout a quiet, residential street and blowing out windows of neighboring homes.Cleveland Fire spokesman Larry Gray said several callers reported a home exploded...

Suffolk, VA - Carbon monoxide was detected at a Wal-Mart in Suffolk Tuesday, making it the second time it six months the store has had a reading.Diana Klink with the City of Suffolk said an employee of the store on North Main Street called to report an odor of gas in...

Rochester, MN - A southeast Rochester daycare had a carbon monoxide scare Tuesday afternoon.Minnesota Energy and the Rochester Fire Department responded to the 800 block of 4th Avenue at 3:20 p.m. when the home carbon monoxide monitor began beeping. After evacuating...

Des Moines, IA - Less than 24 hours after Robert Taylor installed a carbon monoxide detector in his home, the device began blaring.Taylor, 70, thought the detector was malfunctioning and he tried changing the batteries. Then he called the Des Moines Fire...

Novato, CA - A German shepherd dog saved its owner's life after the Novato man was exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide, fire officials said Tuesday.A Novato Fire District crew responded to a report Feb. 26 of an unidentified 80-year-old man with multiple dog...

Helena, MT - The build-up of snow on a rooftop almost claimed the lives of the Van Luchene family of Helena last week.In the early morning hours of February 28th, the Van Luchenes were awakened by an odd odor. It was then that their nin-year old son began thrashing in...

Bloomer, WI - Two adults and five children received help after a report of them being exposed to carbon monoxide poisoning in rural Bloomer on Monday night.The incident happened at 11:48 p.m., according to Lt. Tim Blizek of the Chippewa County Sheriff's Department.A...

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,...

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...

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...

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, 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...

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...

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...