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Gatlinburg, TN - An apparent natural gas explosion rocked a Gatlinburg resort and injured at least one person, officials said.The victim's name and condition were not released, but the person was airlifted by LifeStar helicopter to the University of Tennessee Medical...

Chicago, IL - Four people were sent to a Chicago hospital after suffering from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.Chicago firefighters responded to a home on the 7900 block of South Blackstone in Chicago's Avalon Park neighborhood shortly before midnight Friday.Four...

Philadelphia, PA - Investigators were trying to piece together Friday the moments leading up to a gas explosion that rocked a South Philadelphia neighborhood the night before, setting a home afire and sending two people to the hospital.In part, the investigation by...

Columbus, OH- Eight people were taken to the hospital Wednesday morning to be treated for symptoms consistent with carbon monoxide poisoning. According to the Columbus Division of Fire, firefighters responded to the 2700 block of Bulen Avenue home on a report of...

Detroit, MI - Two women and a boy were rushed to a hospital this afternoon after suffering suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.Fire crews found a gas-powered generator running in the basement and high carbon monoxide levels in the home on the 18000 block of Barlow,...

Staten Island, NY- Two people were injured Wednesday night after an explosion inside a Staten Island home, according to the FDNY.Firefighters were called to the scene around 5:02 p.m. by residents reporting a gas odor.By the time they arrived, a fire had already...

Cle Elum, WA - A woman was burned in an explosion that destroyed her Cle Elum home Tuesday afternoon.Fire officials say it appears a propane tank exploded, blasting the woman out of her home.Firefighters arrived to find her buried under the ruins of what used to be...

New Ulm, MN - NEW ULM — Arnold Schweiss, 93, of New Ulm, knew one thing for sure Tuesday morning."We are glad to be alive," he said when he answered his cellphone from a room at Hennepin County Medical Center.Schweiss, his wife, Velma, and stepson, Steve Harder, were...

Arvada, CO - An Arvada fire crew pulled a family and their small dog out of a house filled with carbon monoxide Tuesday.The rescue occurred at a home on the 10000 block of West 80th Drive.When the firefighters entered the home, a small carbon monoxide monitor that...

Sacramento, CA - A Sacramento County McDonald's restaurant was evacuated Monday after someone reportedly passed out from carbon monoxide fumes in the restaurant.The restaurant is on Bradshaw Road near Goethe Road. The carbon monoxide detector reported went off and the...

Laurinburg, NC - A member of a Laurinburg family was treated Sunday for carbon monoxide poisoning after kerosene heaters were used to warm a Gill Street home, the American Red Cross said today.Carol Ann Lentz, disaster program manger for Moore, Richmond, Robeson and...

East Lampeter Township, PA - A family escaped from their East Lampeter Township home Monday morning when a detector alerted them to high levels of carbon monoxide, an official said.“They are very lucky they had a CO detector,” said David Keens, deputy chief of the...

Shadeland, IN - A broken furnace caused one Shadeland woman to be hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning Monday afternoon.According to Shadeland Fire Chief Dennis Fleming, the resident of 1510 W. County Road 550 South was having trouble with her furnace and...

Buffalo, NY - Residents of a Grand Island nursing home were moved to safe areas of the building Saturday as a precaution after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected in the basement, fire officials said Sunday.No evacuation was required because the deadly gas...

St. George, UT - A gas explosion at the San Salvador Restaurant, 439 North Bluff St. in St. George at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday burned a woman, blew out the glass front door and caused some interior damage to the business.“They were utilizing propane for their kitchen...