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ONG Report: Home explosion caused by leak in gas main
Oklahoma City, OK - Oklahoma Natural Gas has released a report stating the cause for the home explosion that occurred early last month in northwest Oklahoma City.According to reports, there was a crack in one of the four-inch polyethylene gas mains which was causing...
Faulty boiler blamed for carbon monoxide incident in Hempstead
Hempstead, NY - HEMPSTEAD - Nine people had to be hospitalized Monday after a carbon monoxide incident in Hempstead.It happened around 5 a.m. at an apartment complex on Jackson Street.Firefighters say the carbon monoxide came from a faulty boiler.Residents were...
Carbon monoxide sends 11 people in Doral to hospital
Doral, FL - Nearly a dozen people were hospitalized Sunday after a carbon monoxide leak at a meal delivery company in Doral.Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews were called to Shape Lovers near Northwest 54th Street and Northwest 79th Avenue after workers reported feeling...
Manchester stores evacuated when elevated carbon monoxide levels detected
Manchester, NH - Fire crews responded to two stores along South Willow Street Sunday afternoon to investigate an odor of gas.Manchester fire officials reported employees at both Modell's Sporting Goods and Pier 1 Imports called around 1:30 p.m. Sunday to report an...
Carbon monoxide overcomes children at pool party
Pontoon Beach, IL- PONTOON BEACH, IL (KTVI) - It was quite a scare at a children's birthday party being held in Pontoon Beach Saturday.Dray Wimberly was holding her 4-year-old daughter's party at the Super 8 Motel on Timberlake Drive.She had a reservation at a local...
Carbon monoxide leak causes evacuation
New Orleans, LA - An apartment building in the Saulet Apartments, 1420 Annunciation St., was evacuated Friday night because of high levels of carbon monoxide, residents said.After one resident went to a hospital and was diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning,...
1 dead, 1 in hospital after report of carbon monoxide poison
Omaha, NE - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) An Omaha man was found dead and his sister was hospitalized after Omaha firefighters responded to a report of carbon monoxide poisoning.The Douglas County Sheriff's Department says 74-year-old Terry Hart was found dead in an Omaha home...
Carbon monoxide causes illnesses at Alabama state park
Guntersville, AL - Fire officials say an apparent carbon monoxide leak in the main lodge at Lake Guntersville State Park resulted in six people being taken to a hospital.Al.com reports the problem occurred Thursday afternoon.Capt. Brian Walls of Guntersville Fire and...
Carbon-monoxide case in Orlando underscores threat of killer gas
Orlando, FL - Residents in an Orlando condo building escaped a silent killer Thursday morning when a generator locked inside an under-construction unit leaked dangerous levels of carbon monoxide into their homes.The odorless, colorless gas claims on average more than...
Family hospitalized after carbon monoxide leak in Ionia home
Ionia, MI - A family of seven is in the hospital after carbon monoxide filled their house overnight Thursday.The Ionia Department of Public Safety was called to the home on Hall St. just before 1 a.m.The family called 911 when all of them felt sick.Officers arrived...