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Effingham, IL - Authorities say preliminary results indicate carbon monoxide poisoning caused the death of a St. Elmo man Sunday afternoon.22-year-old Johnathon Warner was found unresponsive in a vehicle outside of The Hangout Nightclub about 2:45pm Sunday.He was...

Jersey City, NJ - Four Jersey City residents were transported to the Jersey City Medical Center and treated for exposure to carbon monoxide this afternoon, officials said.The father, mother and children were taken from their residence at 215 Fairview Avenue at about...

Truckee, CA - Officials are urging carbon monoxide awareness after two men who were exposed to the gas died last month.Two Truckee Police Department officers found the men dead inside a home at 13600 Weisshorn Avenue in Tahoe Donner on Oct. 26.The officers soon began...

Lubbock, TX - It is a silent killer: carbon monoxide. The leading cause of poisoning in the U.S. hospitalized eight Lubbock residents this weekend alone.CO acts on the body by displacing oxygen in the blood, essentially suffocating you from within.The dangers,...

Springdale, AR - Officials in northwest Arkansas said a carbon monoxide leak forced an evacuation at a junior high school on Monday.The Springdale fire department was called in this morning after students and staffed started to smell natural gas at Central junior...

Omaha, NE - An Omaha apartment complex was evacuated around 6 a.m. Saturday after residents were awakened by the sound of their carbon monoxide detectors going off.Firefighters confirmed the gas level at North 52nd Street and Ames Avenue was several times what is...

Philadelphia, PA - Fire crews responded to a home on the 1500 block of Conlyn Street in the West Oak Lane section of the city late Friday night where two people were sickened by carbon monoxide.According to ABC6, the victims, a man and a woman, were treated at the...

Scioto Township, OH - An Orient man is thankful to be alive after an explosion destroyed his home Thursday afternoon.Michael Terry, 64, said he was working in the barn next to his home at 10169 Welch Rd. when the explosion happened.“I heard a 'whoosh' sound and debris...

Madison County, AL - One person is dead and another hospitalized from carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in New Market.Madison County authorities confirmed they are conducting a death investigation at a home on Church Street and said they do not expect foul...

Mt. Morris Township, MI - Mt. Morris Township police are looking into the possibility that a man found dead Wednesday, Nov. 20, was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator he was using following last weekend's strong storms.Police are waiting for autopsy...

Minneapolis, MO- A carbon monoxide leak forced University Village residents out of the apartment building for about two hours Friday night. Officials let residents back in shortly after 10 p.m.Minneapolis Fire Battalion Chief Steve Ebert said it's unclear what caused...

Egan, MN- It's not just your furnace, or your garage, that could put you at risk for carbon monoxide poisoning. Your wood fireplace could make you sick.According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 400 Americans die from unintentional...

Carmel, IN - Authorities say six people were taken to a hospital after carbon monoxide from a running SUV filled an apartment building in suburban Indianapolis.Firefighters reported finding carbon monoxide in all seven units of the Legacy Towns and Flats building in...

Stafford, NJ - Robert M. Pasterchick, 42, died Wednesday morning after his roommates found him lying on the floor unresponsive in his home on Privateer Road, authorities said.Police will have to wait for the results of the autopsy to determine the cause of death, but...

Allegan, MI - Firefighters say a family in Allegan is lucky to be alive after being poisoned by carbon monoxide.Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless gas that can cause sudden illness and death, and people who are sleeping can die from it before ever experiencing...