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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;...

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...

Cops: 1 dead after carbon monoxide leak at Walt Whitman Shops

Huntington Station, NY - A man died and 27 others were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after an apparent leak Saturday night in the basement of a restaurant at the Walt Whitman Shops in Huntington Station, police said.Suffolk police, fire crews and medics rushed...

Twenty-one people suffer carbon monoxide poisoning in Ogunquit

Ogunquit, ME - Twenty-one people suffered carbon monoxide poisoning and seven of them had to be hospitalized following an incident Sunday at a Route 1 time-share resort that the fire chief said was not equipped with carbon monoxide detectors.Seven People were treated...

Pilsen gas explosion leaves at least 2 people injured

Chicago, IL - A natural gas explosion blew out walls of a building Saturday morning in the Pilsen neighborhood.Firefighters and parademics responded to the gas explosion at a two-story building on the 1300 block of West Cullerton Street.Two women in their 20's are...

Carbon monoxide likely cause of Macon man’s death

Macon, GA - A Macon man may have died Thursday from carbon monoxide poisoning.Bibb County Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley said family members went to check on Walter Austin on Thursday evening at his Hurley Park home, after not being able to contact him.Miley said the 45...

Explosion noises cause apartment building evacuation

Lakewood, CO - It was 37 degrees around 5 a.m. when residents of an apartment building at 788 South Reed Ct. in Lakewood were evacuated from their building because of an odor of natural gas and a "whomping" noise, according to the West Metro Fire Protection...