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Middletown, DE - State Fire Marshal's investigators say a propane leak caused an explosion and fire in a house in Middletown Friday morning.It happened around 9:30am in a crawl space at the house in the 600 block of Old School House Road.Firefighters from several...

Harvard, IL - HARVARD – A propane gas explosion from a water heater destroyed a house Wednesday afternoon and sent an occupant to the hospital with second-degree burns.Firefighters responded to the three-bedroom home at 17615 Altenberg Road in rural Harvard shortly...

Gastonia, NC - A home in Gastonia was destroyed Monday afternoon when a propane tank leaked gas before catching fire just seconds after the homeowner escaped.Emergency crews were called to the home in the 2800 block of Fair Oaks Drive around 1:50 p.m.The homeowner, a...

Vernonia, OR- A 12-year-old Oregon boy and his grandmother are recovering at a hospital after a lit cigarette mixed with leaking propane caused their home to explode over the weekend.Seth Cutright suffered burns to his face and hands while heroically dragging his...

Castle Rock, CO- Five people — a woman and four children — were taken to the hospital Friday morning after a natural gas explosion destroyed a home in Castle Rock.The explosion happened shortly after 7 a.m., said Art Morales, chief of the Castle Rock Fire...

Pittsburg, PA - Investigators say a faulty damper that kept carbon monoxide from being vented through a chimney was responsible for an apartment building being evacuated in Pittsburgh.The incident occurred Sunday morning at the King Edward Apartments, which house...

Colorado Springs, CO - Exposure to high levels of carbon monoxide Sunday at the Peak Vista Apartments apparently caused one death and left another person in critical condition at a local hospital.The Colorado Springs Fire Department found two unconscious men at 1216...

Colorado Springs, CO - Oct. 7-13 is Public Natural Gas Week, and Colorado Springs Utilities said it is important to remind people that there are dangers associated with the gas.According to Jessica Nesvold, the senior gas regulations compliance engineer with Colorado...

Colorado City, TX - An explosion apparently sparked by a propane leak at a soon-to-open Colorado City diner has sent one man to the burn unit of a Lubbock hospital, authorities said.The explosion occurred at about 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Skeezix Family Diner, 913 E....

Allentown, PA - An eastern Pennsylvania utility has agreed to pay $386,000 and speed up replacement of cast iron pipelines as part of a proposed settlement with state regulators over the gas explosion in Allentown that killed five people last year.The Morning Call...

Durham, NC- The killer that claimed two children in the town of Elkin early Wednesday was silent, invisible and more common in winter.Carbon monoxide poisoning from a gas-power electric generator running inside their house almost certainly caused the deaths of a...

Glenville, NY - GLENVILLE - Red tape on the doors of the home on Swaggertown Road read 'Danger Do Not Enter' Tuesday, the day after fire fighters said a 911 medical call came in, reporting that two elderly residents could not walk.Rescue crews arrived to the smell of...

Lexington, KY - They call it the silent killer, and now a Lexington couple knows why after a near death experience in their home Sunday morning after a carbon monoxide leak in their home.Betty and Dennis Cravens should have heard the their carbon monoxide alarm -...

Muskegon, MI - Authorities say an abandoned house in Muskegon has exploded, damaging two other vacant homes next door.House explosions often result from natural gas leaks, and authorities are investigating whether that was the cause of Sunday morning's blast. No...

Allentown, PA - Federal regulators are inspecting a Trader Joe's warehouse after a carbon monoxide leak Sunday morning sent 18 workers to the hospital for evaluation.Ray Anthony, assistant chief at East Allen Township Fire Department, said issues with charging the...