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Apartment evacuated after carbon monoxide leak
Tulsa, OK - People forced out of a downtown apartment complex were allowed home after a carbon monoxide leak initally caused an evacuation.The building was without power until Thursday afternoon. It happened at the Hewgley Terrace apartments near 7th and South...
Utility kept mum about power shut off at Salina home where girl died because of privacy rules
Salina, NY - National Grid did not notify code enforcement officers when it cut off power to a town of Salina house where a girl died Friday because doing so would have violated its customer confidentiality rules, company officials said today.A company official also...
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning at Watford City Laundromat Sends 14 to Hospital
Watford City, ND - A carbon monoxide poisoning at a Watford City laundromat hospitalized 14 people today.Emergency crews were called to Expressway Laundry around noon after an 18-year-old girl passed out.Responders say they believe people were breathing in exhaust...
6-year-old girl dead, brother seriously injured, in possible carbon monoxide poisoning
Salina, NY - A 6-year-old girl died and her 14-year-old brother is in critical condition at Upstate University Hospital after an incident at their home earlier this morning.No official cause of her death and his injuries has been determined, but carbon monoxide...
Names released of 3 found dead from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning near Fenton
Jefferson County, MO - The three people found dead in a home near Fenton on Thursday are Smail Zukic, 64; his wife Asija Zukic, 55; and their son, Snead Zukic, 31, the sheriff's office said today.Authorities previously had said the youngest victim was 41, but later...
Pa. mother, daughter still in critical condition Saturday after explosion, fire in Marion
Marion, PA - A mother and daughter were still in critical condition Saturday afternoon after an explosion and resulting fire ripped through their home on Main Street in Marion, according to a hospital spokeswoman and a fire official.Marlena Campbell, 47, and her...
2 men using gas saw in Evanston home poisoned by carbon monoxide
Evanston, IL - Two men using a gas-powered saw in a home's basement were sickened by carbon monoxide fumes this afternoon in Evanston, fire officials said.The men, one in his 60s and the other younger, were taken via advanced life-support ambulance to Presence St....
Emergency crews respond to carbon monoxide alarm at school
Charlotte, NC - Students and staff have returned to Coulwood Middle School after a carbon monoxide scare.Charlotte firefighters responded to the school around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday after a CO2 detector sounded.Only one detector went off in the school. It's placed near...
Early-Morning House Explosion Injures Woman, 5 Children
Dallas, TX - A natural gas leak is suspected as the cause of a house explosion early Tuesday in Dallas that injured a woman and her five children.Neighbors reported smelling gas in the hours before the explosion early Tuesday.The single-story home was engulfed in...
Investigators: Natural gas caused Independence house explosion
Independence, MO - An explosion early Tuesday afternoon leveled a house in Independence.The blast happened about 12:30 p.m. at a house near East 24th Street and South Vermont Avenue.Pictures from Newschopper 9 HD show that the house was leveled in the explosion. Some...