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Rochester, MN- People living in the 1100 block of First Street Southwest in Rochester are described as "very fortunate" that a carbon monoxide detector was in use.A man started his furnace just before 9 p.m. Friday night and "within a half hour, his carbon monoxide...

Lincoln, NE - Officials are monitoring carbon monoxide levels at the Lancaster County Jail after paramedics took 12 people to a hospital.Paramedics were called to the jail in downtown Lincoln Sunday afternoon after some people there reported vomiting or feeling...

East Stroudsburg, PA - On Thursday, carbon dioxide from an idling car in a home garage claimed the life of an elderly East Stroudsburg woman. Virginia Brecheisen, 82, was the third such death in a scant three weeks in Pennsylvania. Schuylkill County residents Nicholas...

Stroudsburg, PA - State legislators are hopeful that a proposal requiring carbon monoxide detectors in all newly built and newly sold homes will become law next year.The legislation takes on added urgency following the carbon monoxide poisoning that took the life of...

Middletown, DE - State Fire Marshal's investigators say a propane leak caused an explosion and fire in a house in Middletown Friday morning.It happened around 9:30am in a crawl space at the house in the 600 block of Old School House Road.Firefighters from several...

Harvard, IL - HARVARD – A propane gas explosion from a water heater destroyed a house Wednesday afternoon and sent an occupant to the hospital with second-degree burns.Firefighters responded to the three-bedroom home at 17615 Altenberg Road in rural Harvard shortly...

Gastonia, NC - A home in Gastonia was destroyed Monday afternoon when a propane tank leaked gas before catching fire just seconds after the homeowner escaped.Emergency crews were called to the home in the 2800 block of Fair Oaks Drive around 1:50 p.m.The homeowner, a...

Vernonia, OR- A 12-year-old Oregon boy and his grandmother are recovering at a hospital after a lit cigarette mixed with leaking propane caused their home to explode over the weekend.Seth Cutright suffered burns to his face and hands while heroically dragging his...

Castle Rock, CO- Five people — a woman and four children — were taken to the hospital Friday morning after a natural gas explosion destroyed a home in Castle Rock.The explosion happened shortly after 7 a.m., said Art Morales, chief of the Castle Rock Fire...

Pittsburg, PA - Investigators say a faulty damper that kept carbon monoxide from being vented through a chimney was responsible for an apartment building being evacuated in Pittsburgh.The incident occurred Sunday morning at the King Edward Apartments, which house...