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Carbon monoxide found in Boone hotel where 11-year-old died
Boone, NC - The Watauga County Health Department said carbon monoxide was found at the Best Western in Boone where a 11-year-old boy died this past weekend. The health department official did not say if that is what led to the death of the child.The family of the Rock...
Alert dog walker likely prevented Bremerton explosio
Bremerton, WA - A dog-walker with a good sense of smell might have saved a Bremerton woman's life this morning.He smelled gas in the neighborhood and called the gas company. A Cascade Natural Gas worker found a home on Sunset Avenue NE in Bremerton that had 6 percent...
House explosion in Pa. knocks out walls, bricks
Dover, PA- A powerful house explosion blew out bricks and knocked down a wall on Friday but didn't injure anyone, authorities said.Charles Pike, 82, the sole occupant of the house his family owns, said he had left to attend his yoga class at the Dover YMCA just...
Third Explosion in 18 Month
Rockland County, NY - Rockland keeps exploding and O&R says each incident is unrelated.A probable natural gas explosion in one of Nyack College's buildings late on the morning of June 4 injured eight people and required a response from emergency personnel and...
N.Y. Park Police Officers Credited in River Rescue
Massena, NY - Two State Park Police officers are being credited with taking control of a moving 28-foot cabin cruiser Saturday morning on the St. Lawrence River to rescue a boater who had been overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning.According to information released...
Pipe problem found near gas blast at NY college
South Nyack, NY - A utility says it has found a gap in an underground gas connection that may have contributed to an explosion at a suburban college.Tuesday's explosion at Nyack College in South Nyack injured seven people. None of the injuries was life-threatening.A...
7 Hurt in Explosion at Suburban NYC College
Nyack, NY - A presumed natural gas explosion in a college building Tuesday blew out windows, sent a door sailing through the air and injured seven people, but authorities said none of the injuries was life-threatening.After the blast, gas rose to "explosive" levels ...
Family escapes carbon monoxide home
Hastings, MI - A family of five is safe after escaping carbon monoxide poisoning in their home Sunday.The incident happened at around 12 a.m. at a house on Madison Avenue in Hastings.Officials told 24 Hour News 8 that the family was able to make it out of the home on...
Dozens evacuated after El Cortez hotel carbon monoxide leak
Reno, NV - Reno firefighters responded Saturday to a carbon monoxide alarm at the El Cortez hotel in downtown Reno. It was the second such leak in the last couple weeks.REMSA checked six people for elevated blood levels of carbon monoxide, but nobody was transported...
30 Sickened at Long Island Grocery Store, Elevated Carbon Monoxide Found
New York, NY - Thirty people became dizzy and nauseated at a Long Island grocery store Friday morning where authorities said they detected elevated levels of carbon monoxide.Nineteen people were taken to the hospital; five were admitted and were undergoing hyperbaric...