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Pamapno Beach, FL - An emergency evacuation at a Broward Sheriff's Office station, in Pompano Beach.7 Skyforce HD hovered over the Pompano Beach Broward Sheriff's Office after a carbon monoxide scare, Monday afternoon.Officials said they found high levels of the...

Mooresville, NC - Four people were hospitalized with symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning after an issue with a furnace at a Mooresville home.Authorities responded to a home on Sunday morning after reports of carbon monoxide poisoning.A family of four was evacuated...

Cleveland, OH - CLEVELAND - A Saturday scare at a downtown Cleveland hotel, as 20 people got sick, and 18 were taken to the hospital, because of a carbon monoxide leak.It took fire fighters about 5 hours to clear the scene at the Wyndham Hotel, after pumping fresh air...

Solon, OH - Solon Fire Department is stressing the importance of maintaining smoke and carbon monoxide detectors after a house fire and carbon monoxide poisoning this weekend.A family of five called the Solon Fire Department after they felt flu-like symptoms in their...

Ashland, MA- A carbon monoxide scare on West Mountain Lane has Ashland Fire Lt. David Iarussi reminding people about the importance of checking their detectors this winter."It's a really important story in my eyes," Iarussi said of a 911 call the department received...

Fresno, CA- An RV explosion in Central Fresno sent one man to the hospital with second degree burns.Family members have identified the man as Charles Boussad who lived in the trailer.Fire fighters were called out to Central Valley RV Repair on the 5300 block of E Home...

Tacoma, WA- Residents of a 16-unit apartment complex on the 300 block of North Tacoma Avenue were evacuated overnight for a gas leak that sent carbon monoxide into multiple apartments.One of the people who lived there called 911 just before 1 a.m. after returning home...

Frankford, MO - Carbon monoxide poisoning is being blamed in the death of a couple in northeast Missouri.The Hannibal Courier-Post reports that 49-year-old Howard Stout and 48-year-old Theresa Stout died Wednesday night or Thursday morning in rural Pike County. They...

Ephrata, PA - EPHRATA, Pa. (AP) — Fire officials are blaming human error for a gas explosion and three-alarm fire at a central Pennsylvania apartment building that has left 22 people homeless.The blast happened Friday morning in Ephrata, Lancaster County.Lincoln Fire...

Washingtonville, NY - An Orange County family spent Christmas Day in the hospital suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.Four people--two adults, an 8-month-old boy and a 7-year-old girl--were taken from a home on McLaughlin Way in Washingtonville to the Orange...

Genesee County, MI - For the second Christmas in a row, someone has died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the area.An 84-year-old man from Genesee County was found unresponsive in a garage with a generator Tuesday night.Grand Blanc Township police chief David stamm...

Shreveport, LA - A man and woman found dead inside a southwest Shreveport home on Christmas morning have been identified, and the Caddo Parish Coroner's Office says preliminary autopsy results indicate they died of carbon monoxide poisoning.Authorities identified the...

Fairbanks, AK- Tim Mowry / tmowry@newsminer.com | Posted: Thursday, December 26, 2013 6:36 pmFAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks man was found dead in a vehicle on 23rd Avenue early Sunday afternoon, the apparent victim of carbon monoxide poisoning.Fairbanks police identified the...

Harrisburg, PA - The American Red Cross of Central Pennsylvania helped two adults and a child who were displaced by what was reported as a carbon monoxide incident on Christmas Eve.A Red Cross news release Wednesday states that the adults and child were forced out of...

Knox, ME - A Waldo County man trying to refill his generator died Tuesday after being overcome by carbon monoxide fumes, three days after the start of a storm that has locked much of the state in a thick layer of ice and left well over 100,000 Mainers without...