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Scottsdale, AZ - A hazardous-material situation in a Scottsdale meat-storage warehouse sent three people to hospitals for evaluations of non-life-threatening symptoms.Hazardous-materials crews from the Scottsdale and Phoenix fire departments responded when workers...

Madison, WI- An East Side man was fortunate he had a carbon monoxide alarm installed in December by the Madison Fire Department. The alarm saved his life early Friday morning.Firefighters were called to the man's home shortly after midnight after he was awakened by...

Washington, DC - New research today says the nation's capital, notorious for leaking state secrets, has thousands of leaks of another sort: methane from natural gas pipelines.More than 5,800 leaks from aging pipelines were found under Washington, D.C.'s streets by...

Oak Brook, IL - An 84-year-old man has died from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in a gated community in Oak Brook, officials said. Seven other people were injured, according to officials.At a noontime news conference, Oak Brook Police Chief James Kruger...

Dubois, PA - A state police fire marshal determined a central Pennsylvania house exploded because of a propane leak in the basement.Troopers from the DuBois barracks say the blast Monday afternoon caused about $250,000 damage to home in Sandy Township, Clearfield...

Ypsilanti, MI - A carbon monoxide leak sent one resident of an Ypsilanti apartment house to the hospital and displaced the others early Wednesday morning, officials said.The Ypsilanti Fire Department was called to a seven-unit apartment building in the 100 block of...

Cumberland, MD - Officers with the Cumberland Police Department say one person is dead and another is critically injured after being poisoned by carbon monoxide.The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon, just before 4:30 p.m. at a home on Boone Street.Investigators...

Reading, MA- Students were evacuated from the Barrows School today after the detection of high levels of carbon monoxide, according to Reading Police.The carbon monoxide was detected at around 10:50 a.m., police said. Students and faculty were then taken by bus to...

Galloway Township, NJ - A Galloway Township man turned on his garbage disposal on Monday evening and sparked a small explosion of natural gas that seeped into his home from an underground leak.Daniel Crum of 285 Mattix Run was not injured and his home was not damaged,...

Port Huron Township, MI- Don and Kim Nichols appreciate life a little more these days after a scare sent their entire family to the hospital."We assumed it was just the flu,” said Don Nichols.“Our dog even passed out inthe front room."What they did not realize at the...

Bethlehem, PA - The Steel Ice Center in Bethlehem is open today after a Zamboni was apparently left running Saturday night, causing carbon monoxide to sicken 20 people.An announcement on the center's website says that the Bethlehem Fire Department cleared the building...

Austin, TX - Five adults and one teenager were hospitalized Sunday morning for symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in East Austin.At least one of the individuals treated briefly lost consciousness, according to Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical...

Albany, NY - It was 15 degrees when emergency responders were called to 108 Second Ave. at 10:30p.m. Thursday.An entire family felt faint and complained of head and stomach pains.When rescue workers arrived they found the home was being heated with the gas cooking...

Lincoln, NE - Lincoln Fire and Rescue treated a number of people after a carbon monoxide poisoning.Officials say 25 people at the Our Homes Assisted Living facility at 2445 R Street took oxygen Friday afternoon. They said the group were on a tour of the Joyo Theater...

Leverett, MA - A malfunctioning furnace in Town Hall set off alarms and filled the building with high levels of carbon monoxide early New Year's Day, sickening one employee who was at work there and triggering a response from the town's Fire Department.The Select...