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Virginia, IL - A propane leak is believed to have caused an explosion Friday night that destroyed a Cass County house and rocked residences miles away.Virginia Fire Chief Donnie Reynolds said the unoccupied modular home at 20927 Garner Road about 1.5 miles northeast...

North Richland Hills, TX - An explosion at a North Richland Hills home has left at least one person injured, authorities say.The explosion inside a house in the 8000 block of Harwood Road occurred just after 4 p.m., North Richland Hills Assistant Fire Chief Kirk...

Brown County, MN - Authorities said the bodies of two people were found Friday inside a rural farmhouse in Brown County, and carbon monoxide is suspected in their deaths.The Brown County Sheriff's Office said the father of one of the victims called authorities to the...

Bexley, OH - A 74-year-old Bexley woman was found dead today from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.The woman, whose name was not released, had collapsed in her cellar at 940 Chelsea Ave, said Columbus Fire Battalion Chief Bill Bishop. The woman's daughter found her...

Aberdeen, SD - A carbon monoxide incident caused Tapz, Bully's Chop House and the kitchen at the Ramada Inn to be evacuated Friday night. Aberdeen Fire and Rescue responded to the call at 6:31 p.m., Battalion Chief Randy Meister said."The hot water heater in the...

Lewiston, ME - Eleven students at Mr. Bernard's School of Hair Fashion in Lewiston are hospitalized under voluntary hospital care.Investigators say the school on Lisbon Street had no carbon monoxide detectors. The school was evacuated and eleven were taken to the...

Skokie, IL - A dozen people were taken to hospitals after a malfunctioning furnace caused a carbon monoxide leak early Thursday at an apartment building in Skokie.A resident of the building in the 8000 block of Keating Avenue called 911 shortly before 2:30 a.m. to...

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,...