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Greene County, MO - Greene County authorities believe a propane leak caused the explosion of a mobile home Sunday afternoon on Farm Road 92, north of Springfield.Although the case remains under investigation, Maj. Phil Corcoran said the incident appears to be an...

Parkville, MD - Eight residents and staff members of a group home in Parkville were taken to area hospitals — six of them to Maryland Shock Trauma Center — for possible chemical exposure in the home early Monday morning, according to Baltimore County fire...

Boat US- As often happens, a near catastrophe—two people almost being killed-- was caused by a series of seemingly small events, each of which occurred at precisely the right (or perhaps 'wrong') time. Of particular interest to me, as the surveyor assigned to do the...

Montgomery County, TX - A second person has died from injuries she sustained in a propane gas explosion at a home in Dobbin, just west of Conroe.Lena Mock Knight, 65, died Saturday. The announcement was made on the Montgomery County Fire Marshal's Office's facebook...

Rye, NY - A family that mistakenly left a car running overnight in a closed garage and two police officers who came to help were taken to local hospitals Sunday, suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, Police Commissioner William Connors said.Connors said an...

Lake Delton, WI - A carbon monoxide leak in a Delton hotel sends nine people to the hospital and forces the evacuation of the entire hotel, according to a news release sent by the Delton Fire Dept.Early Saturday morning several people inside the Travel Lodge Hotel in...

Boone, NC - Three days after an elderly couple died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a Boone hotel room, a group of girls celebrating a friend's 13th birthday became violently sick in a suite one floor above the contaminated room, parents said.The illnesses at a pool...

Carlstadt, NJ - A New Jersey hotel was evacuated after high levels of carbon monoxide spread through the building late Thursday.About 100 guests were told to leave the Holiday Inn Express on Paterson Plank Road in Carlstadt just after 10:30 p.m.They were put on buses...

Westminster, CO- Monique Gallegos was inside her Westminster home Thursday when a nearby explosion staggered her. Windows blew out, a ceiling fan was dislodged, crashing into the dining room, and a framed photo or art piece flew off the wall and smashed Gallegos in...

Horseheads, NY - Investigators work to find the cause of a home explosion in Chemung County that sent a man to the hospital.According to CBS affiliate WENY,, the explosion happened at approximately 8 p.m. Wednesday at 3052 Camden Ave. in Horseheads.New York State...