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Gas leaks studied in Wayland and Weston
Wayland, MA - Reports of natural gas leaks in the MetroWest area have surfaced recently as the result of a study done by the Home Efficiency Energy Team (HEET), a Cambridge-based nonprofit that seeks to advance energy efficiency skills and clean energy...
Columbia house explodes, causing three-alarm fire
Columbia, MD - Six townhouses are considered uninhabitable after a townhouse in Columbia exploded amid a suspected gas leak Wednesday.Gas and electric for the block is shut off after the explosion triggered a three-alarm fire that spread to neighboring homes in the...
Cry at Council hearing: Let’s deal with gas leaks in city right now
Dorchester, MA - When a duplex on Dorchester's Hansborough Street exploded on a chilly April night last year, the entire block shook. Twelve people were injured, two critically. Neighbors were evacuated as fire consumed the house behind them; they stood on the...
Faulty gas coupling blamed for March explosion in Dallas
Dallas, TX - When the house 9430 Eloise Street in Dallas exploded last March with two people inside, no one really knew exactly why... until now.WFAA has learned the explosion traces back to a faulty compression coupling, the kind that we discovered were responsible...
3 Hospitalized In Detroit For Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Detroit, MI - Three people are hospitalized after authorities say they were overcome by fumes inside a home on Detroit's east side.According to Detroit Fire Department officials, EMS was called to the home on Meldrum near Mt. Elliot and Gratiot around 4:30 a.m....
3 hurt in Waxahachie house explosion
Waxahachie, TX- Two people were seriously hurt Monday morning when a house exploded in Waxahachie.It happened around 8 a.m. in the 100 block of Arabian Road in the Saddlebrook Estates neighborhood.Waxahachie Emergency Management Coordinator Marcus Brown said the two...
Carbon monoxide causes evacuation in Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem, NC - Seven businesses were evacuated after firefighters found high levels of carbon monoxide inside the building.The Winston-Salem Fire Department responded to 266 S. Stratford Road at approximately 10:53 a.m. Saturday after a report of a strong...
Family of 7 hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning
St. Petersburg, FL - Two adults and five children were sent to the hospital after a dangerous level of carbon monoxide filled their St. Petersburg home.Rescue crews responded to the home, located at 2701 5th Street South, Friday morning around 4 a.m. The father was...
Apartments Evacuated Due To Carbon Monoxide, 2 Transported
Palm Beach County, FL - Palm Beach County Fire Rescue is on scene of a gas leak at Worthington Apartment off of Military Trail.Arriving crews evacuated 24 unit. All gas is turned off at this time and hazmat is currently working to detect where the carbon monoxide...
Propane Explosion Harms Mother and Child in Gaines Co.
Seminole, TX- EverythingLubbock.com has confirmed that a mother and an 18-month-old child were taken to University Medical Center early Tuesday evening by Aerocare.The two had been the victim of a propane explosion in or near Seminole.Both were in critical...