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Williston, VT - A holiday nightmare-- five days before Christmas and carbon monoxide sickened people at a packed Toys R Us store in Williston.Firefighters responded to the store after a report of a strange odor. Seventy-five people were in the store. They were all...

Dundalk, MD - Baltimore County officials say 10 people were sickened by carbon monoxide in two separate incidents at homes in Dundalk.Fire department units were called early Thursday to a home on Manor Road for an unconscious seizure patient and found several other...

Rochester, MN - A Rochester family has been displaced from its home, and fire department officials are looking at construction in the area as a possible cause.First responders were called about 12:25 a.m. today to the 4200 block of Dodge Lane Northeast, where they...

Firth, NE - Six days before Christmas, the Kadavy family scavenged for photographs, presents and personal belongings in the smoldering rubble of their home.They found little on a cold, blustery Thursday morning: a computer they hope will have its hard drive intact, a...

Donegal Township, PA - Fire officials said a malfunctioning propane furnace may have been responsible for an explosion and fire that extensively damaged a vacation trailer home Wednesday in Donegal Township.Firefighters from Chestnut Ridge and Saltlick Township...

Tarrant County, TX - A propane gas leak is suspected in the explosion at a home in Azle, near unincorporated Tarrant County on Tuesday.The Tarrant County Fire Department responded to initial reports of possible explosions in the area of Nine Mile Road at the...

Urbana, IL - No injuries were reported after a suspected natural gas explosion in an unoccupied building on the University of Illinois campus.The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports Tuesday morning's fire in Urbana was reported around 6 a.m.The building was once a...

Birmingham, AL - A predawn explosion shattered a two-story Birmingham apartment building Tuesday as residents slept, trapping an engaged couple in bed as bricks and concrete rained down on them.After more than four hours of delicate work, firefighters freed the man,...

Vineland, NJ - Two families were displaced from a house on Peach Street on Tuesday morning because of increased carbon monoxide levels in the building, according to Vineland fire officials.Firefighters were called to the house on the 700 block of East Peach Street...

Nitro, WV - Nitro Elementary has dismissed all students for the day because carbon monoxide was detected in one wing of the school, an emergency official said.There were no illnesses, injuries or complaints reported.Kanawha County Deputy Emergency Services Director...

Philadelphia, PA - Several homes have been evacuated after high levels of carbon monoxide was detected in South Philadelphia Saturday.Crews were called out to the 700 block of South Hutchinson Street just after 4:30 a.m. where they found two people unresponsive inside...

Rutland, VT- A carbon monoxide scare at a home in Rutland Friday morning.At about 6:30 a.m. firefighters were called to a residence on North Main Street after a carbon monoxide alarm went off.Fire officials say they did find unsafe levels of carbon monoxide in the...

Des Moines, IA - Eight people are in the hospital Friday after a carbon monoxide leak.Des Moines firefighters were called to 1322 11th Street shortly before 7:00 a.m., after a woman had complained about headaches.When firefighters arrived, the woman caller collapsed...

Sioux City, IA - SIOUX CITY | Two people were examined for carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday afternoon at a home on the 2100 block of Douglas Street.A call was made at 1:50 p.m. when a utility worker detected high levels of carbon monoxide in the building.The two...

La Crosse, WI - The cold weather means more and more people are turning on furnaces and extra heaters and with that comes an increased risk of carbon monoxide leaks. The gas is odorless and deadly.Rhoda and Rick Roesler planned to spend Tuesday celebrating Rick's...