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Lansing, MI - An incident Tuesday on Lansing's south side is prompting fire officials to remind residents that everyone should have a working carbon monoxide detector in their home.Firefighters were called to a home in the 100 block of West Northrup Street about 2...

Greene County, MO - Greene County authorities believe a propane leak caused the explosion of a mobile home Sunday afternoon on Farm Road 92, north of Springfield.Although the case remains under investigation, Maj. Phil Corcoran said the incident appears to be an...

Parkville, MD - Eight residents and staff members of a group home in Parkville were taken to area hospitals — six of them to Maryland Shock Trauma Center — for possible chemical exposure in the home early Monday morning, according to Baltimore County fire...

Boat US- As often happens, a near catastrophe—two people almost being killed-- was caused by a series of seemingly small events, each of which occurred at precisely the right (or perhaps 'wrong') time. Of particular interest to me, as the surveyor assigned to do the...

Montgomery County, TX - A second person has died from injuries she sustained in a propane gas explosion at a home in Dobbin, just west of Conroe.Lena Mock Knight, 65, died Saturday. The announcement was made on the Montgomery County Fire Marshal's Office's facebook...

Rye, NY - A family that mistakenly left a car running overnight in a closed garage and two police officers who came to help were taken to local hospitals Sunday, suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, Police Commissioner William Connors said.Connors said an...

Lake Delton, WI - A carbon monoxide leak in a Delton hotel sends nine people to the hospital and forces the evacuation of the entire hotel, according to a news release sent by the Delton Fire Dept.Early Saturday morning several people inside the Travel Lodge Hotel in...

Boone, NC - Three days after an elderly couple died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a Boone hotel room, a group of girls celebrating a friend's 13th birthday became violently sick in a suite one floor above the contaminated room, parents said.The illnesses at a pool...

Carlstadt, NJ - A New Jersey hotel was evacuated after high levels of carbon monoxide spread through the building late Thursday.About 100 guests were told to leave the Holiday Inn Express on Paterson Plank Road in Carlstadt just after 10:30 p.m.They were put on buses...

Westminster, CO- Monique Gallegos was inside her Westminster home Thursday when a nearby explosion staggered her. Windows blew out, a ceiling fan was dislodged, crashing into the dining room, and a framed photo or art piece flew off the wall and smashed Gallegos in...

Horseheads, NY - Investigators work to find the cause of a home explosion in Chemung County that sent a man to the hospital.According to CBS affiliate WENY,, the explosion happened at approximately 8 p.m. Wednesday at 3052 Camden Ave. in Horseheads.New York State...

Santa Ana, CA - Administrators have recently received several complaints from Santa Ana Valley High School staff about a strong smell of gas in a building where an explosion took place Tuesday morning, according to two sources close to the situation.The fiery...

Santa Rosa, CA- An explosion Wednesday morning sent heavy smoke and flames towering over a northwest Santa Rosa neighborhood.No injuries were reported in the 9:15 a.m. explosion, which officials said possibly originated with a leaking natural gas meter.Santa Rosa...

Knoxville, TN - Tennessee wildlife officials are spreading the word about staying safe on the water this summer.They say scenes like the image to the right are all too common on Tennessee waterways. Last year, there were 189 boating accidents with 18 fatalities.So far...

Bristol, TN - With so many people leaving for their summer vacations, we wanted to know if hotels and motels are required to have carbon monoxide detectors.Bristol Tennessee's Assistant Fire Chief Jack Spurgeon says most hotels and motels do not have carbon monoxide...