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Fitchburg, MA- FITCHBURG, Mass. — Three families displaced by a natural gas explosion Tuesday night at the nearby Victory Auto Parts are not expected to be allowed back in their homes until sometime next week, the building inspector said Wednesday. Meanwhile, the gas...

Robertson County, TN - Approximately 60 students have been sickened from exposure to carbon monoxide at a school in Robertson County.Jim Bellis with Robertson County Schools said the exposure affected students at Jo Byrns High School in Cedar Hill.He said the gas...

St. Cloud, MN - Elevated carbon monoxide levels at a St. Cloud State University sorority house sent nine people to the hospital early Wednesday.The house at 611 Eighth Ave. S had to be evacuated until the source of the problem was fixed. The people in the house at the...

Virginia Beach, VA - More than 70 people were evacuated from a Va. Beach hotel because of a carbon monoxide leak.The guests and employees at Home Wood Suites on Cleveland Street were moved to a nearby hotel after firefighters arrived around 10:00 p.m....

Lewiston, ID - Carbon monoxide, it's silent, deadly and you can't even tell if it's in your house.A local mother and her daughter got physically ill, all because of a leak that they didn't know about. Rheny Hayden of Lewiston always keeps her windows open, even on the...

Atlanta, GA - The Atlanta City Council approved a measure that makes it mandatory for all public buildings to use carbon monoxide detectors.Councilmembers pushed to pass the legislation following the carbon monoxide scare at Finch Elementary School in 2012."This...

Chilton, WI - A 31-year-old Chilton woman found dead Saturday in an ice shanty on Lake Winnebago died from carbon monoxide poisoning, an autopsy revealed.Sara B. Meyer and Travis A. Duchow, 37, of Chilton, were found unresponsive around 4 p.m. in a shanty about a...

Manchester, CT - Three stores in Manchester were evacuated due to possibly elevated levels of carbon monoxide Tuesday afternoon.Firefighters responded to the Big Lots at 1470 Pleasant Valley Road shortly before 3:30 p.m. The store was evacuated as a precaution.An...

Henrico County, VA-A carbon monoxide leak inside an eastern Henrico County home sent two people to the hospital Sunday morning.Henrico fire units responded to a call from a home in the 3600 block of Croydon Road around 10:14 a.m. to find a 34-year-old woman in a...

Monessen, PA - A coroner say a 78-year-old southwestern Pennsylvania woman has apparently died of carbon monoxide poisoning from using her gas oven to dry clothes in her apartment.The Westmoreland County coroner's office says Sandra Trolio was found dead in her...

Hewlett Neck, NY - The Woodmere Fire Department on Sunday found three people overcome by carbon monoxide in a Dolphin Drive home in Hewlett Neck.A mother, along with her two children, ages 1 and 2, were transported by Woodmere FD EMS to the hospital with non-life...

Cloquet, MN - Jack Reynolds, head of respiratory therapy at Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet, has had first-hand job exposure to the health dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. And yet, when the CO detector in his home went off during the early morning...

Bath, NY - Following an incident earlier this week involving carbon monoxide exposure, the Bath Volunteer Fire Department has issued a reminder about the need for CO detectors.Since 2002, it has been state law to have a carbon monoxide detector installed in your home...

South Charleston, WV - Leaks were found in the system after we launched a WSAZ Investigation surrounding a new West Virginia law requiring carbon monoxide detectors.We uncovered hotels violating that law requiring a detection system, but our most recent findings...

Atlanta, GA - Atlanta's Public Safety Committee voted unanimously to put carbon monoxide detectors in all public buildings and schools.Before the vote, Channel 2's Craig Lucie spoke with Atlanta Councilman Michael Bond, who said city attorneys were complicating...