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Berwick, ME - Fire officials say at least one person was taken to a hospital after suffering from the apparent effects of high levels of carbon monoxide.The Berwick Fire Department said it was called at about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday to an apartment complex in town, where a...

Oxford, CT - State police think carbon monoxide poisoning caused the deaths of an Oxford man and his three dogs.Troopers say they don't know yet how long the man and the dogs were dead before their bodies were discovered Monday in a home on Silano Drive. Authorities...

Troy, MI - Officials are investigating what caused a carbon monoxide leak at a Troy business that sickened two workers.The employees — believed to be a father and his son — at Master Mechanical Insulation at 1775 E. Maple Road, were transported to an area hospital...

Chicago, IL - After the first call to a West Rogers Park apartment building where two women had fallen ill, fire officials took a reading with a carbon monoxide detector but found that levels of the gas were too low to be considered dangerous, the Chicago Fire...

Lock Haven, PA - A carbon monoxide leak in the apartments attached to a laundromat on the 100 block of North Fairview Street sent 10 people to the hospital on Saturday at 12:30 p.m., said Norm Wolfrom, deputy fire chief of Lock Haven Fire Department.Although carbon...

Newport, KY- Fire officials in northern Kentucky say an apparent natural gas explosion and fire have leveled a home in Newport.Newport fire Capt. Phil Dietz says three people were in the house when the explosion ripped through the structure about 4:30 a.m. EST Friday....

Gainesville, TX - A natural gas explosion and fire leveled a home and forced the evacuation of several families living near the intersection of South Weaver and West Tennie Streets in Gainesville early Thursday morning. A city water crew was in the area to repair a...

Arvin, CA - An Arvin family survived a brush with a silent killer last week.Micaela Martinez, who lives with her four children and a granddaughter, said their house was hot when the family awoke at 5 a.m. on Jan. 11 to her 3-year-old granddaughter crying. They'd...

Huntsville, AL- A woman injured in a dramatic natural gas explosion at Huntsville's Lincoln Park public housing development has been upgraded from critical to serious condition at UAB Burn Center.Fire officials said Cheri Kent, 26, and her children - ages 5 and 7 -...

Nashville, TN - A north Nashville charter school will be closed until Thursday after 40 of its students were admitted to the hospital Monday for carbon monoxide poisoning.Officials at Drexel Prep Academy said the school's heating system leaked fumes and the carbon...

Normal, IL - A brand new safety measure is in place at McLean County Unit Five schools.Each of the district's 29 buildings are now equipped with carbon monoxide detectors.Crews installed them during winter break.Unit Five Superintendent Gary Niehaus says the decision...

Mechanicsburg, PA - We are now fully entrenched in the cold-weather season which means its time for all Pennsylvania residents to equip their homes with a carbon monoxide alarm.It's also timely to renew the call for lawmakers to pass legislation that strengthens...

La Crosse, WI -It has been two years since having a carbon monoxide detector on each floor of your home became law in Wisconsin, and local emergency personnel say it seems to be serving its purpose.The La Crosse Fire Department says the number of carbon monoxide calls...

Washington, MO - A woman and her infant son could have died if their home did not have a carbon monoxide detector, Washington Fire Chief Bill Halmich said.Halmich said firefighters responded last Thursday, Jan. 3, to a home at 3195 Highway A, in the Krakow area, to a...

New York, NY- A few weeks ago, Springfield, Mass., was rocked by a natural gas explosion that destroyed a building, ruined a city block, and was hailed as a miracle because no lives were lost.The pipelines that lie below our communities, always out of sight, came...