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Evansville, IN - A leaking gas line caused the accidental explosion that killed three people and damaged nearly 40 homes in August in Evansville, Indiana, the state Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday. Investigators found the uncapped line’s valve in the...

Omaha, NE - Omaha fire investigators say a generator left running in the garage sent five people to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning. Family friends tell our crews everyone will be "OK." First responders found the family at a home near 8th and Cedar Streets...

Chicago, IL  – Chicago Fire Department responded to an apartment containing potentially deadly high carbon monoxide levels near Douglass Park Thursday morning. Fire officials said the CO level reached 490 parts per million (PPM) due to a bad vent on a furnace inside a...

Toledo, OH - Homeowners are being warned of carbon monoxide poisoning after a local postal worker, and her dog were found dead. Kathleen Mossing worked for the post office for nearly 20 years. Now, her sister is urging families to get a carbon monoxide detector....

Akron, OH  – One person has died following a carbon monoxide leak at an Ohio apartment complex in which pet birds alerted firefighters to the danger. Officials with Summit County confirm the county medical examiner’s office is investigating the death of a 66-year-old...

Kansas City, KS - Several children and adults were taken to a hospital Wednesday morning because of a carbon monoxide leak at a Kansas City elementary school, fire officials said. Fire crews responded around 9:30 a.m. to a medical emergency call at Longfellow...

Fort Drum, NY — 10th Mountain Division soldiers were hospitalized during Mountain Peak, according to a statement from Fort Drum Public Affairs. In total, eight soldiers were hospitalized on October 15 with symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, public affairs said....

Isle, MN – Investigators believe carbon monoxide poisoning caused the deaths of a Brooklyn Park couple — Mai Lee and Moon Lee, both age 66 — inside a hunting cabin in Mille Lacs County. The sheriff’s office says the son of the victims discovered his parents dead on...

Nashville, TN - Carbon monoxide poisoning was the apparent cause of death Friday of a Nashville man and two sons. Officers were dispatched to 625 S. Mill in Nashville about 11:15 a.m., where they found the three bodies in an outbuilding behind the residence. The...

Newark, NY - Nearly a dozen people were taken to the hospital in stable condition from carbon monoxide poisoning at a Newark apartment complex. Firefighters said a furnace was to blame and PSEG was notified. The victims in the complex suffered from breathing problems...

Allentown, PA - Nearly three dozen adults and children were evacuated from a day-care center in Allentown, Pa., on Tuesday after emergency workers responding to a report of an unconscious child detected carbon monoxide, an invisible, odorless gas that kills hundreds...

New York, NY - An explosion forced a dozen people out of their homes in Paterson on Monday night. The explosion happened on 11th Avenue. One of the displaced residents says she was sitting on her porch when she heard the explosion out of a second-floor bathroom....

Newman, IL – Newman Fire Chief Wade Hales confirms a house explosion earlier today. When neighbor Melinda Labaume heard a blast around noon, she thought it happened in her own house. She jumped into action when she heard her neighbor yelling for help across the street...

Monroe, MI - A propane leak is believed to have caused an explosion and fire that decimated a home on the 5000 block of Labo Rd. early Friday morning. No one was injured in the blaze, which took at least a half hour to get under control, according to Berlin Township...

Curwensville, PA  – Clearfield County fire officials suspect that a natural gas leak caused an explosion and fire at a Curwensville house Monday afternoon. The State Police Fire Marshal Unit will officially determine what caused the explosion at the two-story home in...