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Columbus, OH - Ten residents at an apartment on Williams Street just north of the Ohio State University have found temporary places to stay.An early morning Carbon Monoxide leak sent several people to the hospital.Chris McDermott said he'd only been asleep for a few...

Greensburg, KS - The Best Western Night Watchman motel evacuated guests as a precautionary measure on Sunday evening after high levels of carbon monoxide were discovered in the pool and lobby area.Kiowa County 911 received a call at about 3:10 p.m. on Sunday from a...

Yazoo County, MS - Two people have been injured in a propane gas explosion just outside the Yazoo City city limits. Firefighters first thought it may be a meth lab, but a leaking propane tank appears to be the cause.Fifty-three-year-old Robert Flannigan told Yazoo...

Paulden, AZ- PAULDEN - Rescue workers evacuated a house that contained dangerous levels of carbon monoxide Sunday morning, and took two of the occupants to Yavapai Regional Medical Center, the Chino Valley Fire District reported.CVFD crews responded to a home with...

Boston, MA- BOSTON (WHDH) -- Fire officials treated 30 people on scene for symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning after a problem at a spa in the Back Bay Saturday.A customer at the Exhale Spa called 9-1-1 after beginning to feel sick.Kim Cantu walked into work...

Las Cruces, NM - High levels of carbon monoxide prompted the all-day closure Friday of the Munson Center for seniors.The situation was discovered prior to its 8 a.m. opening. City officials sent a team of HVAC technicians to identify the source of the problem,...

Claremont, IL - Richland County officials said Tuesday there is no indication the couple found dead in bed Sunday afternoon died from anything other than accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.Barry Bergbower, 48, and wife Erin, 36, were pronounced dead at 1:03 p.m....

Mattapan, MA - One of seven people exposed to carbon monoxide gas at a triple-decker home in Mattapan remained hospitalized Wednesday night, according to a Boston fire official.Five residents, including two children, of the Woolson Street building were released from...

Spokane, WA - A technician and two homeowners were taken to a Spokane hospital after suffering apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.Firefighters responded Tuesday afternoon to a home in the Spokane suburb of Mead where a technician working on a gas-fired water heater...

Atlanta, GA- Potentially lethal carbon monoxide levels at an Atlanta elementary school with no detectors sent at least 42 students and seven adults to hospitals Monday and forced 500 more to evacuate, authorities said.Young children with oxygen masks over their faces...

New Albany, IN- Following a natural gas explosion a year ago that ruined a home and injured six people in New Albany, Ind., state utility regulators hit Vectren Corp. with a $100,000 fine Wednesday.The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission said Vectren failed to...

Otis Orchards, WA - Paramedics rescued three adults and a baby after carbon monoxide spread through their Otis Orchards home.Emma Long, her 15-month-old son, boyfriend and friend Hannah O'Neill all live at the house.Long says she woke up early in the morning and...

San Francisco, CA - Carbon monoxide is known as the silent killer, but on Jan. 1, millions of Californians will be safer under a law requiring landlords to provide alarms that detect the gas in apartment houses and other multi-family buildings.About 23,000 multi-unit...

eterborough, NH - A man injured in a propane boiler explosion at the MacDowell Colony on Tuesday is recovering, said Colony Resident Director David Macy.The man, a local contractor who was installing the boiler in the basement of Colony Hall Tuesday afternoon, was...

Springfield, MA- Preliminary investigations show more than 40 buildings were damaged in a natural gas explosion in Massachusetts that injured 18 people, building inspectors said Saturday.A strip club was flattened and a day care center was heavily damaged in the...