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One Dead, Another Critical After CO Exposure in Colo.

Colorado Springs, CO - Exposure to high levels of carbon monoxide Sunday at the Peak Vista Apartments apparently caused one death and left another person in critical condition at a local hospital.The Colorado Springs Fire Department found two unconscious men at 1216...

Natural Gas Week brings attention to dangers

Colorado Springs, CO - Oct. 7-13 is Public Natural Gas Week, and Colorado Springs Utilities said it is important to remind people that there are dangers associated with the gas.According to Jessica Nesvold, the senior gas regulations compliance engineer with Colorado...

Explosion at Colorado City diner sends one man to hospital

Colorado City, TX - An explosion apparently sparked by a propane leak at a soon-to-open Colorado City diner has sent one man to the burn unit of a Lubbock hospital, authorities said.The explosion occurred at about 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Skeezix Family Diner, 913 E....

UGI to pay $386,000 for gas explosion in Allentown

Allentown, PA - An eastern Pennsylvania utility has agreed to pay $386,000 and speed up replacement of cast iron pipelines as part of a proposed settlement with state regulators over the gas explosion in Allentown that killed five people last year.The Morning Call...

2 North Carolina children killed by carbon monoxide poisoning

Durham, NC- The killer that claimed two children in the town of Elkin early Wednesday was silent, invisible and more common in winter.Carbon monoxide poisoning from a gas-power electric generator running inside their house almost certainly caused the deaths of a...

Glenville couple hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning

Glenville, NY - GLENVILLE - Red tape on the doors of the home on Swaggertown Road read 'Danger Do Not Enter' Tuesday, the day after fire fighters said a 911 medical call came in, reporting that two elderly residents could not walk.Rescue crews arrived to the smell of...

Lexington Couple Recovering After Carbon Monoxide Scare

Lexington, KY - They call it the silent killer, and now a Lexington couple knows why after a near death experience in their home Sunday morning after a carbon monoxide leak in their home.Betty and Dennis Cravens should have heard the their carbon monoxide alarm -...

Abandoned house explodes

Muskegon, MI - Authorities say an abandoned house in Muskegon has exploded, damaging two other vacant homes next door.House explosions often result from natural gas leaks, and authorities are investigating whether that was the cause of Sunday morning's blast. No...

Fire, explosion injures 4 firefighters

Detroit, MI - Four Detroit firefighters who were extinguishing a blaze at a house when it exploded are recovering from minor injuries.Executive Fire Commissioner Donald Austin told the Detroit Free Press the firefighters were treated at a hospital for minor burns and...