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Gas, carbon monoxide force hotel evacuation

Naperville, IL - A hotel on Naperville's far north side was evacuated Monday morning due to high levels of carbon monoxide and natural gas.Emergency personnel responded to Hotel Arista, 2139 City Gate Lane, about 4:27 a.m., according to fire officials. They performed...

Propane Heater Gives Westerville Family Carbon Monoxide Scare

Westerville, OH - Darrel Grumman didn't know it at the time, but slowly his woodshop was becoming a health hazard.Unknown to him, his propane heater was leaking inside a closed garage."I was down there for maybe two hours and when I got upstairs I noticed I was kind...

Sicklerville family sickened by carbon monoxide

Sicklerville, NJ - A South Jersey family was hospitalized overnight after becoming ill from carbon monoxide fumes.Winslow Township police said emergency responders were called to a home on Hidden Hollow Lane shortly before 3:30 a.m. for a report of an unconscious...

Teen suffers second-degree burns in Georgetown house explosion

Georgetown, OH - A 16-year-old girl suffered second-degree burns over 60 percent of her body Monday after an explosion and fire at a home in Georgetown.Authorities responded to the home in the 300 block of Free Soil Road at about 4:30 p.m. and found Kilee Brookbank in...

Natural gas explosion causes fire

Cordele, GA - CORDELE — A natural gas explosion rocked an apartment at Sunset Homes Thursday afternoon blowing out windows and causing several fires throughout the dwelling and even damaging the neighboring apartment.According to Chief Augustus Telfair firefighters...

One Man Flown to West Penn Burn Center After Propane Gas Explosion

Barbour County, PA - One person had to be flown to the West Penn Burn Center in Pittsburgh and another had to be rushed to Broaddus Hospital after a propane gas explosion.Officials say a furnace blew up in a home along Union Road in Barbour County, causing both people...

16 seek medical help after carbon monoxide leak

Ithaca, NY - A building was evacuated and first responders took five people to a hospital Wednesday when a malfunctioning boiler in West Village apartments exposed residents to carbon monoxide.Eventually 16 people were evaluated at Cayuga Medical Center, hospital...

Carbon Monoxide Levels on the Rise in NYC

New York, NY - A bed-bound, 100-year-old woman complaining of dizziness and nausea had to be carried to safety after a faulty heating appliance spewed carbon monoxide into her Queens home – one of two such incidents in the city since Monday that sent a half dozen...

Cleveland family hospitalized after carbon monoxide leak in home

Cleveland, OH - A Cleveland family of six was hospitalized early Thursday after elevated levels of carbon monoxide were detected in their home.A 26-year-old man in the house on the 1100 block of East 60th Street was transported to St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in...