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Couple dies of carbon monoxide in northern Minnesota

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...

Carbon monoxide poisoning blamed for three Nashville deaths

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...

Nearly a dozen Newark tenants treated for carbon monoxide poisoning

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...

Carbon monoxide leak at Pennsylvania day care sickens children, staff

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...

Officials: Explosion inside Paterson home displaces 12 people

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....

House in Newman explodes, one injured

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...

Propane leak believed to have caused explosion, fire at Labo Road home

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...

Suspected natural gas leak causes explosion at Curwensville home

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...

2 people rushed to hospital after carbon monoxide leak in the Bronx

New York, NY  - At least two people were rushed to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning after a leak in the Bronx. The incident happened just before 8 p.m. inside 838 Hunts Point Avenue. An 81-year-old woman is in critical condition due to carbon monoxide...

Gas explosion/fire destroys Turkey Creek home

Turkey Creek, KY - No one was injured as the result of an apparent gas explosion and fire that completely destroyed a Turkey Creek home on Sunday, Oct. 2. According to TCVD Chief Matt Cline, firefighters received a dispatch at around 9 p. m. advising them that an...

Propane leak inside house in Snow Camp causes explosion

Snow Camp, NC —  A propane leak inside a house in Snow Camp Monday afternoon caused an explosion. According to the Snow Camp Volunteer Fire Department, the explosion happened at a one-story house on Quakenbush Road. Firefighters said the homeowner was on the scene...