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Seven helped after carbon monoxide poisoning call in Bloomer

Bloomer, WI - Two adults and five children received help after a report of them being exposed to carbon monoxide poisoning in rural Bloomer on Monday night.The incident happened at 11:48 p.m., according to Lt. Tim Blizek of the Chippewa County Sheriff's Department.A...

Watertown Apartment Building Evacuated

Watertown, NY - Tuesday started early for many residents of Brighton Apartments with their their wakeup call coming from the Watertown Fire Department. "Firemen came to my door about 7:10, told me I had to leave. So I put on some jeans and left," said Andrew Nichols,...

Vacant Carmel home destroyed in explosion

Carmel, CA - A natural gas explosion leveled a long-vacant Carmel home late Monday morning and shattered windows on two nearby homes. The blast was heard blocks away.A one-block area around the home at Third Avenue and Guadalupe Street was evacuated for about an hour...

Family sues propane company over deadly freak explosion

Dobbin, TX - The family of the victims injured and killed in a freak Montgomery County explosion last summer are now suing the company which just the day before re-filled the tank that supplied propane to the home.Lena Mock Knight, 65, and her sister, Jennifer Mock,...

Rush City family escapes silent killer, carbon monoxide poisoning

Rush City, MN - One Rush City area family is counting its blessings after escaping what has been called a silent killer.If the snowstorm on Thursday evening, Feb. 20, wasn't enough to deal with, this family of four thought of a number of reasons why they felt fatigued...

Two treated for carbon monoxide exposure in New London

New London, CT - Two people were taken to the hospital on Friday afternoon for treatment of carbon monoxide exposure, and several others were evacuated from a multi-family home at 329 Broad St.New London Fire Department Battalion Chief Keith Nichols said testing...

Furnace malfunction blamed for carbon monoxide leak in Sanford

Sanford, ME - Sanford firefighters responded to a carbon monoxide leak on Clinton Street on Thursday morning.Initial reports indicated that a resident had been taken to a hospital, but firefighters later confirmed that the individual was checked at the scene for signs...

Leak causes Ravalli County inmates to fall ill

Hamilton, MT - A number of inmates were ill after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, and maintenance staff at the Ravalli County Detention Center are trying to find what caused the leak, that happened on Sunday morning.Inmates were complaining of headaches,...

Apartment Explosion Sends Man to Hospital

Grand Junction, CO - An apartment explosion in Grand Junction sent one man to the hospital Monday afternoon.According to the Grand Junction Police Department, the explosion happen around 3 p.m. at 445 4th Avenue in apartment 10.Officials say fire was quickly put out;...