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Children taken to hospital after carbon monoxide leak at Kansas City elementary school
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...
8 Fort Drum soldiers hospitalized over weekend for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning
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....
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...
Officials suspect gas leak caused house fire, explosion in Curwensville
Clearfield County, PA — Officials with the Clearfield Fire Department say investigators suspect that a gas leak is to blame for a Monday afternoon fire and explosion at a home in Curwensville. Fire officials say no injuries were reported in the incident as the...
Gas leak suspected in explosion that injured Weslaco restaurant employee
Weslaco, TX — A possible gas explosion early Monday destroyed a local restaurant and hospitalized a woman. The explosion, which officials suspect was caused by a gas leak, devastated El Rinkon Natural y Más at Railroad Street and Palm Street in Weslaco. “The fire...