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Barkhamsted, CT — A gas-powered generator caused a carbon monoxide (CO) incident at a Pleasant Valley home overnight. Pleasant Valley Fire Department said that the residents had a working CO detector that alerted them and when they arrived on the scene and started to...

East Earl Township, PA — A propane leak caused an explosion that sparked a house fire early Friday morning in Lancaster County. The fire happened around 4 a.m. at a home on the 1400 block of Union Grove Road in East Earl Township. Weaverland Valley Fire Department...

Madison, WI - A furnace malfunction that caused a carbon monoxide leak was discovered thanks to a working carbon monoxide detector located in the apartment next door. No working detectors were found inside the primary unit, however. Ladder Co. 6 responded to the 2400...

Pocatello, ID — A propane explosion blew apart a south Pocatello home Thursday afternoon but the couple and their pets who lived there all survived, authorities said. Emergency responders said it was a “miracle” that the husband suffered only minor injuries in the...

Clinton, IA - One person received minor burns after a natural gas leak resulted in an explosion and fire in Clinton. The Clinton Fire Department was called to the 300 block of Thorwaldsen Place for a structure fire on December 21st. Upon arrival, they found a resident...

Boulder, CO - A mobile home in the Boulder Meadows mobile home park caught fire after an explosion on Sunday morning, but the home’s residents escaped uninjured. Janet Meyer, a retired counselor, was at home with her family just a couple of blocks away when the fire...

Lawrence, MA - A carbon monoxide leak at a Massachusetts apartment building left around a dozen people hospitalized, including two children and two first responders. Authorities were called to the area in Lawrence for a reported gas leak on Thursday morning. When they...

Chicago, IL -- Four people were rushed to the hospital Thursday night after dangerously high carbon monoxide levels were found in a North Lawndale home, Chicago fire officials said. The carbon monoxide scare serves as a warning to everyone. Three of the four...

Lawrence, MA  — Eleven people were taken to the hospital after they were exposed to “unsafe and unhealthy” levels of carbon monoxide in a building in Lawrence on Thursday morning, fire officials said. Firefighters responding to a report of people feeling ill in the...

Chicago, IL -- Twelve people were taken to Chicago hospitals from a South Side church Sunday afternoon, after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected, Chicago fire officials said. Just before the afternoon service started at New Philadelphia Baptist Church,...