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Carbon monoxide discovered; apartment building evacuated

Des Moines, IA - A hazmat team evacuated a Des Moines apartment building Friday night after discovering a high level of carbon monoxide.Residents of the four-story building at 3662 Ingersoll Ave. were safely removed and none required medical attention, officials with...

Three Goodwill Employees Hospitalized After Carbon Monoxide Leak

Nashville, TN - Fire officials believe a faulty propane-powered floor buffer led to the hospitalization of three Goodwill workers on Tuesday morning.About 20 people were inside the store on Charlotte Avenue at 54th Avenue when the store's carbon monoxide detector went...

Several Sent to Hospital from Carbon Monoxide in Garden City Park

Garden City Park, NY - Garden City Park Firefighters responded to a carbon monoxide situation at a Dominican-style restaurant Thursday and took a total of seven people to the hospital for treatment.According to Garden City Park Fire Chief Roger Green, “outrageously...

Man hurt in Cranston home explosion Saturday morning

Cranston, RI - CRANSTON, R.I. -- An elderly man sustained burns and injuries when his house near the Park View Middle School exploded early Saturday morning, according to officials and neighbors.The blast happened around 7 a.m. at 23 Piedmont St. and appears to have...

County weighs in on northeast Bakersfield gas line fire

Bakersfield, CA - BAKERSFIELD, CA - It's the shallowest gas line the Kern County Roads Department said it has ever seen. Just four inches below the surface, a road grinder hit the PG&E line, causing an explosion and fire on Monday. Now, the county is trying to figure...

Shively children found unconscious from carbon monoxide poisoning

Shively, KY - A Shively father came home after work Thursday morning to find his two children unconscious, poisoned by carbon monoxide.The children survived, but the case illustrates the importance of carbon monoxide detectors, said Col. Gregory Cambron, chief of the...

Colorado Springs man likely died of carbon monoxide

Colorado Springs, CO- COLORADO SPRINGS — A man was found dead Tuesday morning in an apparent carbon-monoxide poisoning at a home in eastern Colorado Springs.Police and fire crews were called to the home at 2122 Meyers Ave. shortly after 8:30 a.m. after the man's...

Muellers credit carbon monoxide detector with saving their lives

La Crosse, WI - Steve and Jeanne Mueller of Westby believe they are alive today thanks to their investment in a carbon monoxide (CO) detector that warned the Muellers to evacuate their home on Sunday, April 14.Jeanne purchased the talking CO detector on a whim five...