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One dozen being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning from van
Riverton, WY - At least one dozen people, mostly children ranging in age from an infant to two adults are being rushed to SageWest Health Care Hospital in Riverton with apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.The van was stopped by the front entrance to the Wind River...
Two hospitalized, hotel evacuated after carbon monoxide spike
Council Bluffs, IA - A hotel in western Iowa had to be evacuated for several hours after carbon monoxide levels spiked in the pool area and several guests became dizzy.Two people were taken to the hospital for treatment and two others needed oxygen at the Council...
4 hospitalized over carbon monoxide leak
Norfolk, VA - Four people were sent to the hospital Sunday after fire units discovered a carbon monoxide leak in the 1000 block of Hampton Boulevard in Norfolk.Norfolk Fire-Rescue units responded to a female employee in the kitchen area who was not feeling well,...
Home Destroyed, Several People Hurt in Gas Explosion
Columbus, OH - A natural gas explosion felt for miles away blew an Upper Arlington home to bits Saturday afternoon. As many as seven neighboring homes sustained damage, as well.Reporting from the scene, ABC6/FOX28's James Jackson says several people sustained minor...
Woman killed in Amber home explosion
Amber, OK - A woman was killed and another woman was injured after a house blew up in Amber in Grady County."It sounded like a sonic boom going off," said Amber police Chief Michael Lemaster, standing next to what used to be a duplex home."The house was a total mash...
Natural gas explosion destroys vacant house
Anaconda, MT - An Anaconda woman, her son and his girlfriend had just stopped working at a vacant house they planned to rent when an apparent natural gas explosion destroyed the residence.Donna Schrenker tells The Montana Standard (http://bit.ly/1Oeeaqe ) that she had...
Gas leak forces building evacuation in Westwood
Westwood, MA - An employee of White Mountain Shoes was taken to Norwood Hospital for possible carbon monoxide poisoning following a natural gas leak Thursday morning.At 9:18 a.m., Westwood Fire Department Captain Robert Valluzzi said roughly 20 employees from White...
3 treated for possible carbon monoxide poisoning at Clarcona Road home
Orlando, FL - Three people were treated for possible carbon monoxide poisoning at a home on Clarcona Road Wednesday afternoon.Paramedics from Orange County Fire Rescue were dispatched to the home about 2:45 p.m.Officials believe the poisonous gas was released as the...
Probe Into East Harlem Explosion Focuses on Gas Line
New York, NY - A federal investigation into the East Harlem explosion that killed eight people just over a year ago appears to focus on the connection of a natural gas line with a main running along Park Avenue, according to documents released Wednesday.Investigators...
Fire that killed woman, 3 grandsons likely caused by gas explosion
Fayette County, OH - A December fire that killed a woman and her three grandsons in Fayette County was likely caused by a propane gas explosion, the State Fire Marshal's office has ruled.Due to extensive damage, investigators were unable to determine the source of the...