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Natural gas leak likely in home blast last month
Fort Wayne, IN - Investigators believe a natural gas leak caused an explosion last month that leveled a home and critically injured a man inside.The home, at 1701 Bayer Ave., exploded just before noon July 14. Neighbors were able to pull 21-year-old Caleb Hoffman from...
Four People Rescued From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Shelby County, TN - It was a tragedy averted.Four lives were saved Wednesday, because of the persistence and vigilance of a loved one.A carbon monoxide event doesn't happen very frequently, but when it does, it is very serious, said Shelby County Fire Dept....
Gas cut off for carbon monoxide leak
Portsmouth, VA- Emergency crews were dispatched again to Swanson Homes for a carbon monoxide leak early Monday morning, according to the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority.PRHA's Deputy Executive Director Kathy Warren says firefighters cut off gas to...
Portsmouth complex where 2 died had earlier scar
Portsmouth, VA - In April, a smoke and carbon monoxide detector in Leroy and Inez Stith's apartment was found "inoperable" during an annual inspection by the housing authority. On May 9, two new ones were installed.Yet on June 21, the Stiths were found dead in their...
After explosion, community unites amid grief
Wilson, NY - Family photos. A set of keys. An undamaged T-shirt. At least one wallet with personal papers inside.A day after an explosion obliterated the home of Jody and Judith Johnson, killing one of their daughters and leaving a second with burns over most of her...
Mansfield couple recovering after being overcome by carbon monoxide
Mansfield, TX- MANSFIELD -- A couple and their child were recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday, two days after the adults were found unconscious in their house with their vehicle still running in a closed garage.Jordan and Carolyn Lewis and their...
Explosion destroys historic Townshend home
Townshend, VT- The exploded house belonging to Carlton Smith on the Grafton Road in Townshend is slowly sinking backwards on a diagonal, reported Brett Gaylord, one of the several Windham County Sheriff's deputies guarding the place around the clock.He pointed out...
Girl killed, 4 others hurt in NY house explosion
Wilson, NY - An early morning blast leveled a two-story house in a rural part of western New York on Tuesday, killing a girl and injuring her parents and two siblings, authorities said.The occupants told investigators they had detected an odor of propane a day...
Girl pulled from Lake Berryessa
Napa, CA - An 8-year-old girl from Burlingame was pulled out of Lake Berryessa at about 11:55 a.m. Tuesday after breathing carbon monoxide fumes from an idling ski boat, according to the Napa County Sheriff's Office.The girl reportedly either lost consciousness or...
Firefighters douse blaze after explosion at South Side home
Chicago, IL - Firefighters were able to extinguish a blaze in a South Side home after what's believed to have been a natural gas explosion.Part of the small home in the 9000 block of South Normal Avenue collapsed following the explosion and subsequent fire, which...