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Neighbors React after a House Explosion in GJ
Grand Junction, CO - A bit more calm Tuesday night in Grand Junction after a gas leak causes a home explosion in a neighborhood just steps away from an elementary school.Three people were rushed to the hospital, one has since been released.The leak has also been...
2 motel employees fall ill after carbon monoxide exposure
Chattanooga, TN - Two Holiday Inn Express employees fell ill over suspected exposure to carbon monoxide.Officials with the Chattanooga Fire Department say they responded to the Holiday Inn Express on Hixson Pike around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.They say two housekeepers were...
Medical building gas explosion injures 1
Spokane, WA - A gas explosion in a medical building boiler room sent one employee to the hospital and evacuated 50 people from the building near Deaconess Hospital this morning.Asst. Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said a mechanic was working on a boiler in the basement of...
Westminster apartment explosion traced to gas lin
Denver, CO - An explosion in a Westminster apartment building Sunday morning that injured multiple people stemmed from a gas line, Westminster fire officials said Monday.The explosion at the Lakeview apartments near 3761 W. 68th Ave. injured six people, with three...
NH couple die from carbon monoxide poisoning
Barrington, NH - Police in Barrington, N.H., say a faulty oven appears to be the cause of two deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning.Police and fire departments responded to a medical aid call at a home Monday night. They found David and Barbara Miller dead at the...
Kearns Family Rushed to the Hospital with Carbon Monoxide Poisioning
Kearns, UT - A family of four was rushed to the hospital Wednesday morning after barely escaping a house filled with Carbon Monoxide.Officials say a woman woke up in her Kearns home with a severe headache. Her husband and two children began to feel sick shortly...
Safety officials: Carbon monoxide detectors are saving live
Woonsocket, RI - Two high-profile incidents this month have drawn new attention to a danger that safety officials have warned the public of for decades: carbon monoxide.While it may be easy to neglect the little alarm that, thanks to state and federal law, has graced...
High carbon monoxide levels prompt evacuation of Norfolk hotel
Norfolk, VA - A faulty heating unit is being blamed for the evacuation of a Norfolk hotel due to high levels of carbon monoxide.Norfolk Fire and Rescue officials say firefighters were called to the Tazewell Hotel & Suites early Monday morning after receiving a call...
HRMC goes into high gear in Clewiston carbon monoxide response
Clewiston, FL - ClewistonHendry Regional Medical Center (HRMC) was put on high alert on Friday, March 8, after a carbon monoxide leak sent 25 people to its emergency room. Extra doctors and nurses rushed in to treat the farm laborers who had inhaled high levels of...
Carbon Monoxide Sickens Workers In SW OKC
Oaklahoma City, OK - A southwest Oklahoma City business was briefly evacuated Friday morning when carbon monoxide made some employees ill.Paramedics were called to Compressor Systems Incorporated at 5300 S. Rockwell to treat someone who complained of chest pains....