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Corning, LA - CORNING — Life is slowly getting back to normal in the Corning neighborhood that was rocked by a natural gas explosion Friday.But two men remain hospitalized with serious injuries, and several other residents in the vicinity are still feeling the effects...

Franklin, NC- Authorities in Macon County say one person died and 16 others were hospitalized after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide in a packing facility at a farm.Matt Mason, assistant chief of Clarks Creek Fire and Rescue, said emergency responders...

Vero Beach, FL - UPDATE: The state fire marshal's office now says the cause of the explosion may be because of a propane gas leak in an adjoining laundry room.However, the exact cause of the explosion will not be known until the gas line can be pressure tested.VERO...

Kingsport, TN - Kingsport businessman Bill McConnell was found unresponsive Friday morning in an office of his automobile paint shop, where fire department officials discovered elevated levels of carbon monoxide throughout the building.McConnell was transported from...

Beltsville, MD - Two people were injured after an apparent explosion at an auto repair shop in Beltsville, Md.Crews responded to 12340 Conway Road in Prince George's County for an explosion just after 2 p.m. There they found two individuals with non-life threatening...

Terre Haute, IN - A gas leak on 6th and Ohio Street in Downtown Terre Haute had a business evacuated for most of the day Thursday.This is actually a common concern for fire departments and the gas company.The smell of rotten eggs. It's a tell-tale sign of one...

Washington, DC - WASHINGTON (August 1, 2013) – Leaky natural gas pipelines are costing American consumers tens of billions of dollars for fuel that never reaches their homes, a new report released by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) finds.Consumers in Massachusetts...

Stroud Township, PA - Fire officials are still working to pinpoint the cause of a Sunday night fire that gutted half of a commercial building housing Munchy's Pizzeria on Route 611 in Stroud Township.Medhat Kamel and Mohamed Elsayed spent two years remodeling and...

Philadelphia, PA - Eight people were injured in Philadelphia on Monday in what police said might have been a natural gas explosion that caused the collapse of one house and the evacuation of about 70 homes.The injured included a man who was in critical condition and a...

Boston, MA - An apartment building on Jerusalem Place was evacuated Monday afternoon after an alarm system alerted residents to high levels of carbon monoxide.Boston Fire Department responded to a call at around 2:26 p.m. for an activated alarm system at 3 Jerusalem...