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Bristol, VA - (WBIR - Bristol, Va.) A Bristol, Virginia family is recovering after a close call with a silent killer and they have their dog to thank for their lives.Michael Carr was asleep Thursday night when his dog Buster Brown woke him up. He got up and found his...

Elkhart, IN - A young couple, both just twenty-eight-years-old, were found dead inside their home in Elkhart Thursday afternoon. ABC57 talked with family members and neighbors who are in a state of shock.Police found twenty-eight-year old Mitchell Rider and his...

Carson City, NV - It's colorless, odorless and deadly, and safety officials say carbon monoxide poisoning likely contributed to more drowning deaths over the past decades than imagined.People don't tend to think about the hazard when on a boat, enjoying the sunshine...

Los Angeles, CA - Friday around 6:00 am, an explosion was heard outside of a house in Lemert Park.According to L.A. City Fire spokesman Dave Ortiz, the blast occurred at 4329 S. 9th Avenue. The natural gas explosion broke all the windows on the first and second floor...

Salt Lake City, UT- Ray Howze met Lucas Allyn in the second grade and the two were fast friends. He got used to Allyn's infectious laugh, his sense of humor, his passion for the Utah Jazz, his lofty goals and aspirations. "He certainly wanted to be somebody who was...

Kearns, UT - Three apartments were evacuated in the Kearns area because of carbon monoxide poisoning.Just after 9pm on Wednesday in Kearns a mother called 911, saying that one of her children was sick.Firefighters responded to the apartment complex at 4988 West 4850...

Wilmette, IL - Three Wilmette residents were brought to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning after a gasoline generator running in the basement of their home caused the toxic gas to leak into the house, police reports state.One adult male was found unresponsive...

Dover Township, PA - An explosion and fire at a Dover Township home last month was caused by a gas leak, according to police.It happened just before 9 a.m. June 7 at the home of Charles Pike in the 5000 block of Carlisle Road, next to the Dover Area Animal hospital.A...

Howard County, MD - Howard County officials said three adults and one child were transported to a local hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday afternoon.Crews responded to a medical emergency in the 9500 block of Standon Place in Columbia at approximately 5...

Lawrenceville, GA - Police and fire investigators believe a natural gas explosion triggered two blasts and a small house fire in Lawrenceville.The fire happened about 1 p.m. Monday on Sundale Drive.Channel 2's Kerry Kavanaugh was the first reporter at the...

Bear Lake, UT - A 22-year-old Salt Lake area man was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning over the weekend while boating on Bear Lake.The Rich County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call Saturday about 7:15 p.m. from a group boating on the lake, saying they thought one...

Lake Mead, NV - A dozen people are recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning symptoms they experienced Sunday morning while on a boat at Lake Mead.Five people were airlifted to UMC for treatment while four more were treated after being transported by ground to an area...

Beavercreek, OH- Fourteen people were injured Friday afternoon after a gas leak at a Beavercreek church.Beavercreek police told 2 NEWS it happened at Patterson Park Church at 3655 Patterson Road.We're told seven or eight victims were removed by ambulance to the...

Idaho Falls, ID - Authorities say an explosion that destroyed an eastern Idaho home and sent three people to the hospital was likely caused when a small propane tank under the floor caught fire.South Fremont Fire Department Assistant Chief said the family that lived...

Overisel Township, MI - Crews installing carpet at a house in Overisel Township saved a couple inside from fatal carbon monoxide poisoning.Four people were hospitalized this morning in serious but stable condition after they felt ill because of high levels of the gas...