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Lexington, KY - Firefighters evacuated hotel guests after they detected high levels of carbon monoxide inside Wednesday morning.Officials say a manager at the Homewood Suites on Ruccio Way noticed a strange odor on upper floors and called 911. Firefighters pulled the...

Norristown, PA - A family of six were hospitalized this morning after authorities discovered dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide (CO) in their apartment in the 400 block of West Marshall Street.Authorities responded to the scene sometime around 3 a.m. Monday...

Waterloo, IA - Police said a La Porte City man who was found unresponsive in a garage over the weekend died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.Authorities were called to the garage in the 1700 block of West Ridgeway Avenue on Saturday and found 44-year-old Kevin...

Hempstead, NY - HEMPSTEAD - Officials say the blast that demolished a Hempstead home was a natural gas explosion.The Fire Marshal's office tells Newsday a hot water heater valve was left on and the pilot light was also on. It remains unclear why.The house on Perry...

La Canada, CA - At least two people were seriously injured in a natural gas explosion at a Sport Chalet in La Canada on Friday.The explosion happened just before 10 a.m. at the store at 2 Sport Chalet Drive, in the La Canada Flintridge Town Center.The location is near...

Wayne, MI - DETROIT (WXYZ) - If history is a guide it will be years before we get a final answer on what caused Wednesday's devastating blast in Royal Oak.It was more than two years ago that a furniture store in Wayne was leveled by an explosion and the Michigan...

East Greenwich, RI - Three residents of a house on Watch Hill Drive are being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after police found them in the house suffering disorientation, vomiting, respiratory problems and lethargy. All three were taken to Kent Hospital. A...

Seattle, WA- Washington utility regulators have filed a complaint against Puget Sound Energy related to the 2011 home explosion in north Seattle that injured two people.The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission investigation found the likely cause was a...

Royal Oak, MI - A leaking natural gas line likely caused the explosion Wednesday that leveled a Royal Oak house, killed a 58-year-old man and damaged more than 30 houses, a Consumers Energy spokeswoman said Thursday.Spokeswoman Debra Dodd said the damage to the line...

Barnstable, MA- A family was sent to Cape Cod Hospital after being exposed to elevated levels of carbon monoxide this morning.A mother called the Barnstable Fire Department for help at around 9 this morning when several family members began to feel ill, according to...

Berwick, PA - — A mother and her three children were hospitalized in Columbia County after succumbing to carbon monoxide fumes inside their Berwick apartment.A total of 15 people were forced out of that apartment building after fire crews found extremely high levels...

Dallas, TX - Emergency physicians see the tragic consequences of carbon monoxide poisoning each year, especially during the winter months when people begin using heating devices and stoves to keep warm or use portable generators without proper ventilation.“This...

St. Albans, VT - Logan Newell, 17, was found slumped over the wheel of his car at the St. Albans Park and Ride Sunday night. Investigators conducted a vehicle inspection and emissions test on Newell's Volkswagen Jetta. They found two leaks in the exhaust system. One,...

Kansas City, KS- Two people were killed, apparently by carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a gasoline-powered generator, in their Kansas City, Kan., home.A 58-year-old man and his 69-year-old sister were found dead shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday by a family member who...

Antioch, IL - Antioch fire officials are crediting a quick-thinking boy for alerting them in time to a family of four found unconscious in their home from carbon monoxide poisoning this morning.The boy had gone to the home in the 1100 block of Bowles Road where his...