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Carbon monoxide poisoning sends 2 to the hospital

Bossier City, LA - Two people are recovering after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide inside their Bossier City home.Around 7:30 a.m. Thursday EMS crews arrived at a house in the 1200 block of Waller Ave.They found several people who were complaining of...

16-year-old injured in Calif. camper explosion

Elk Grove, CA - Authorities say a 16-year-old boy was critically injured when a camper in front of a Northern California home exploded following a propane leak.Police and fire crews in the Sacramento County city of Elk Grove responded to a report of an explosion...

Fire investigators: Home explosion was caused by natural gas line

Colorado Springs, CO - Fire investigators now say Friday's home explosion in northeast Colorado Springs was caused by a natural gas line that was not secured properly.The explosion happened just after noon on Nov. 8 at a home in the 4700 block of Chaparral Road....

Woman taken to hospital after carbon monoxide alert at housing complex

Dover, NH - One woman from Mineral Park was taken to the hospital after a carbon monoxide detector in her unit went off just before noon Thursday.The woman, who had flu-like symptoms, was transported to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital by ambulance, according to Captain...

Building evacuated due to carbon monoxide leak

Milwaukee, WI - Residents have been evacuated from a two-story apartment building located at 13th and Locust in Milwaukee.We Energies and the Red Cross are on scene, and all residents have been evacuated. A county bus has been brought in to load the residents up while...

Boiler issues send emergency responders to Sullivan Garden K-8

Kingsport, TN - A suspected carbon monoxide leak at Sullivan Gardens K-8 Wednesday afternoon turned out to be an issue with a boiler that had too rich a natural gas-to-air mixture, a county official said.Emergency responders and Sullivan County schools personnel were...

Quick reaction saves couple overcome by carbon monoxide fumes in home

Quincy, IL - When the fall temperatures began to plummet a couple of weeks ago, Tammy Hoener and her husband, Dennis, did what most Quincyans would have done.They turned on their furnace.Not long afterward, they were fighting for their lives.Only through the quick...

Warning issued after carbon monoxide claims Danville ma

Danville, IL - The Vermilion County coroner is warning people about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning following the death of a 91-year-old Danville man on Monday.Coroner Peggy Johnson said that Francis Harlan Hathaway was pronounced dead at 2:34 p.m. at his...