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4 children hospitalized for apparent carbon monoxide poisoning
Troy, OH - TROY Four children are being treated for an apparent carbon monoxide poisoning on Elm St., Troy.The initial call came around 2:20 p.m. Friday after a 9-1-1 call reported four children, ages 8-15, in various states of responsiveness at the home in the 400...
Gas Explosion At Albemarle Home
Charlottesville, VA - A local plumber had a Friday afternoon he probably won't forget. There was a natural gas explosion that triggered a fire shortly before 4 p.m. while the plumber was at a job site a short distance from Georgetown Road.He was taken to UVA Hospital...
Apparent gas leak, explosion in Auburn sends manhole covers flying
Auburn, NY - An apparent natural gas explosion Friday evening blew several manhole covers into the air and caused a street to be closed, but no one was hurt.The Auburn Fire department responded about 4:13 p.m. to Genesee Street for a reported gas explosion from a leak...
4 children, 2 adults treated for carbon monoxide poisoning
San Antonio, TX - Four children and two adults were hospitalized late Wednesday evening after they became sick from carbon monoxide, San Antonio fire officials said.Fire crews responded to the incident just before 9 p.m. in the 600 block of N. New Braunfels...
Explosion caused by propane leak destroys pool house in Salem
Salem, OR - Marion County Fire District No. 1 responded to a report of an explosion at Jordan St SE around 9:25 p.m. on Tuesday.Fire crews say when they arrived they saw flames on the exterior of the pool house.The explosion sent burning debris into the yard...
Pattenburg couple, dog and cat suffer carbon monoxide poisoning
Pattenburg, NJ - UNION TWP. A leaking wood stove pipe and a blocked chimney resulted in carbon monoxide (CO) fumes sickening two people, their cat and their dog here Wednesday morning.Volunteers from Pattenburg Fire Company and other agencies responded to the call...
Carbon monoxide almost kills 3 people
Yonkers, NY - YONKERS - Three people are recovering after a carbon monoxide scare in their Yonkers apartment building.Yonkers firefighters say they were called to the building at 95 Walsh Road around midnight because carbon monoxide detectors were going off. A test in...
One treated for carbon monoxide poisoning in Hudson
Hudson, MA - A gas-powered forklift used without proper ventilation led to the hospitalization of one person Tuesday evening.Hudson firefighters were called to 75 River Road at 7:08 p.m. where they found a person, whose age and gender was not given by Hudson police,...
5 hurt in Stafford house explosion
Stafford Township, NJ - A natural gas explosion that ripped a house apart injured five utility workers this morning and forced evacuations in Stafford Township, authorities said.The gas explosion occurred at a home on Oak Avenue near Route 9, said Al Della Fave,...
Carbon monoxide poisoning in Calverton sends man to hospital
Calverton, NY - A man suffered carbon monoxide poisoning inside a Calverton home Tuesday night, Riverhead fire officials said.The victim also suffered a head injury and was found passed out when rescue workers arrived at the Baiting Hollow Lane home shortly after 9...