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Carbon monoxide leak forces evacuation at Mt. Lebanon apartment building
Mt. Lebanon, PA - One person was hospitalized Wednesday evening after a Mt. Lebanon apartment building had to be evacuated due to a carbon monoxide leak at the pool.Emergency dispatchers confirmed the building at Bower Hill Apartments was evacuated about 6:30 p.m.One...
6 Treated for Carbon Monoxide During UCLA Cleanup
Los Angeles, CA - Authorities say 6 people who were helping clean up UCLA's flooded Pauley Pavilion are being treated for exposure to carbon monoxide.The arena's court was covered with up to 10 inches of water Tuesday after a 30-inch water main broke nearby and sent...
Boardman couple nearly killed by carbon monoxide poisoning
Boardman, OH - Robert Casey came home last Thursday after going out to eat, parked his car in the garage, and then went inside and went to bed about 8 p.m.Twelve hours later, police were at his door and township firefighters were forcing their way in after Casey's...
Barnesville twin home damaged in propane explosion
Barnesville, ND - A home in Barnesville was heavily damaged in a propane blast Monday morning. There were no injuries.Fire chief Mike Stetz says the force of the explosion blew out the basement door and the garage door. He says there was an initial fireball that put...
Rockford fire investigators: Gas leak led to Sunday explosion
Rockford, IL - Fire investigators have determined that a natural gas explosion at 2:24 p.m. Sunday damaged a house at 2906 Marshall St.How it happened remains undetermined and under a continuing investigation, Rockford Fire Department Investigator Chad Moe said.No one...
Woman Dead of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Palm Bay
Palm Bay, FL - A woman is dead and her live-in boyfriend is near death following what appears to be a case of carbon monoxide poisoning inside their home, according to Yvonne Martinez, Public Information Coordinator for the City of Palm Bay.Palm Bay Police Officers...
Chief: Carbon monoxide causes Pawling building evacuation
Pawling, NY - A boiler malfunction caused the basement and some of the first floor of the Dutcher House building to fill with "very high levels" of carbon monoxide, said Pawling Fire Department Chief Everett White.The entire building, which has businesses on the first...
Police: Woman critical after propane tank explodes inside moving RV
Philadelphia, PA - A woman is in critical condition and a child is recovering from minor injuries after a propane tank exploded Saturday morning inside an RV in Oxford Circle.Police said the 36-year-old woman was cooking inside the moving RV when the explosion...
Explosion levels York County home
Lower Windsor Township, PA - Residents said their homes shook around 5 a.m. Thursday when a Lower Windsor Township, York County, home exploded."Imagine a house with a bomb that goes off inside it," Lower Windsor Township Police Chief Tim Caldwell said of the damage....
3 injured in Willis house explosion
Willis, TX - Neighbors described an eerie scene of destruction Tuesday after three people were seriously injured when a house exploded in north Montgomery County.The incident happened about 5 a.m. at the three-bedroom, wood-frame home on Mandy Lane near Rogers in the...