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Imperial, NE - Beeping carbon monoxide detectors forced an Imperial, Nebraska, family from their home early Christmas morning.The Imperial Republican reports that a heating/air conditioning technician determined that a back draft in the fireplace chimney set off the...

Oklahoma City, OK - Oklahoma Natural Gas workers had been called early Saturday to investigate the source of a gas leak in the Walnut Creek addition of northwest Oklahoma City when an explosion blew one man out of his bed.A man was found about 3:15 a.m. outside a home...

Tampa Bay, FL - Melissa Hoskins believed that her grandmother, Pauline Mathews, 90 died of natural causes Dec. 18.But the family learned on New Year's Eve the family matriarch died in a tragic accident.Hoskins said she never believed investigators that it was health...

Milwaukee, WI - A Milwaukee family ended up in the hospital on New Year's Day after their apartment filled with carbon monoxide. The Milwaukee Fire Department rushed to the scene after they received the call saying the whole family was feeling sick and dizzy.A man...

Imperial, NE - It wasn't Santa Claus who woke the Logan Pribbeno family very early on Christmas morning.Two carbon monoxide detectors went off 15 minutes apart, prompting Pribbeno to call the Chase County dispatcher for assistance.At 3:49 a.m., the dispatcher called...

Providence, RI - After responding to two reports of carbon monoxide leaks in houses Wednesday night, the Fire Department encouraged residents to check their gas detectors and heating systems.“It's a very dangerous thing, especially in the winter,” Battalion Chief...

Danvers, IL- Autopsy results show that a Danvers couple found dead in their garage died from carbon monoxide poisoning.The McLean County coroner says the victims were 71-year-old Deloris A. Meiss and 70-year-old Robert L. Fauber. They died Tuesday afternoon in the...

Edgewater, MD - Three construction workers were treated at Shock Trauma Tuesday morning after being exposed to potentially lethal levels of carbon monoxide at a work site in Edgewater, authorities say.Just after 10:05 a.m. Anne Arundel County firefighters responded to...

Douglas, MA - A 10-year-old Douglas boy is being hailed for saving his brother.On Wednesday morning, Brayden Wilcox woke up to the sound of beeping.“I thought it was the smoke detector,” Wilcox said.Wilcox's older brother, who was also in bed, heard the beeping and...

Jasper County, IN - A Rensselaer man died Monday night and Jasper County Sheriff's deputies said flooding and power outages may have been factors.Jasper County witnessed many power outages after Monday's storm and most of them since have been repaired.Emergency...