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Laurinburg, NC - A member of a Laurinburg family was treated Sunday for carbon monoxide poisoning after kerosene heaters were used to warm a Gill Street home, the American Red Cross said today.Carol Ann Lentz, disaster program manger for Moore, Richmond, Robeson and...

East Lampeter Township, PA - A family escaped from their East Lampeter Township home Monday morning when a detector alerted them to high levels of carbon monoxide, an official said.“They are very lucky they had a CO detector,” said David Keens, deputy chief of the...

Shadeland, IN - A broken furnace caused one Shadeland woman to be hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning Monday afternoon.According to Shadeland Fire Chief Dennis Fleming, the resident of 1510 W. County Road 550 South was having trouble with her furnace and...

Buffalo, NY - Residents of a Grand Island nursing home were moved to safe areas of the building Saturday as a precaution after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected in the basement, fire officials said Sunday.No evacuation was required because the deadly gas...

St. George, UT - A gas explosion at the San Salvador Restaurant, 439 North Bluff St. in St. George at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday burned a woman, blew out the glass front door and caused some interior damage to the business.“They were utilizing propane for their kitchen...

St. Louis, MO - St. Louis firefighters rescued a family from their home which had filled with a deadly gas. Three people were inside, a 63-year-old woman, her 18-year-old grandson and the grandson's girlfriend. Anthony Levy is the father of the teen.Levy said, “My...

Hermitage, TN - Investigators believe carbon monoxide poisoning killed a carpet cleaner while he was working inside a Hermitage home.Al Batson Jr., 37, was cleaning the vacant home on Tulip Blossom Drive before it was to be rented. The person planning to rent the...

St. Louis, MO - St. Louis firefighters rescued a family from their home which had filled with a deadly gas. Three people were inside, a 63-year-old woman, her 18-year-old grandson and the grandson's girlfriend. Anthony Levy is the father of the teen.Levy said, “My...

Glen Burnie, MD - Several families were forced out of their homes Thursday night after an explosion followed by a gas leak erupted in a Glen Burnie community.Anne Arundel County Fire officials said they were called to the 1300 block of Meadowvale Road after reports of...

Birmingham, AL - Work is underway to replace the natural gas pipelines at the Marks Village Apartments in Gate City.This project comes more than a month after a natural gas leak caused a building at the complex to explode. 40-year-old Tyrenese Mabry was killed and 8...