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Garner, NC - Four children were hospitalized Monday after exposure to carbon monoxide inside of a Garner rental home.Fire rescue crews were alerted of the carbon monoxide threat by staff at WakeMed hospital after the children sought medical attention unaided.The home,...

Henderson, KY - HENDERSON, Ky. (WFIE) - Firefighters detected high levels of carbon monoxide inside of a home after a woman died and two children were found in “serious condition.”According to the Henderson Fire Department, crews were called around 10 p.m. Saturday to...

South Windsor, CT - The South Windsor Parks and Recreation building will be closed for repairs and inspection for a few days after a gas explosion Sunday morning, fire officials said.According to the South Windsor Fire Department, nobody was hurt in the...

Oregon, OH - Wellness checks are a frequent call Oregon police officers respond to. But, for patrolmen Kallin St. John and Brandon Gardull, stopping by Karen Smeltzer's home is a check they won't soon forget. It quickly became an eye opening and life saving...

Shreveport, LA - Four members of a Shreveport family overcome by carbon monoxide Friday morning have been released from the hospital.Firefighters said two adults and two children were taken to Willis Knighton South to be treated after high levels of CO were found in...

Cedar County, MO - Robert Harrington said he was trying to light the propane heater in his shed Tuesday when it exploded in his face.KY3 spoke with Harrington Friday afternoon on his property near Stockton Lake."It was a fireball," Harrington said. "I still will see...

Wagner, SD - Authorities say two people are dead after a home explosion near Wagner.According to the Wagner Police Department, an adult woman and a child died in Wednesday's explosion.The home was located on tribal land at Wagner North Housing just north of town,...

Great Falls, MT - Rick Higgins was working on a water storage cistern in the basement of a building at a subdivision he's developing south of Great Falls when his wife, Judy, found him unconscious.“I wasn't aware I was asphyxiated by the carbon monoxide, but I could...

Detroit, MI - Two people have died in a carbon monoxide incident that occurred in a home on Detroit's east side Monday evening, police say.Officers were called to a home on E. Palmer near Chene for a welfare check on a missing person. They found two people collapsed...

Clarksville, TN - Two people were sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning in Montgomery County Monday after using generators in enclosed areas during the power outage.“Because carbon monoxide is not visible and is odorless, it is especially dangerous," said Chris...

Canosia County, MN - Authorities say carbon monoxide poisoning is likely to blame for the death of a man Friday at a home near Duluth.The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office reported that a friend found 54-year-old Michael Steen unresponsive at the home in Canosia...

Marion, IL - Six prisoners have been taken to a hospital following a carbon monoxide leak at a southern Illinois jail.Deputy Brian Murrah with the Williamson County Sheriff's Office tells WSIL-TV the Marion Fire Department performed an air quality check and discovered...

Paynesville, MN - Natural gas is believed to be the cause of a home explosion Tuesday morning in Paynesville.Police say it happened at about 8:43 a.m. on the 500 block of Morningside Avenue. First responders arrived to find the home had collapsed.The homeowner,...

Okfuskee County, OK - Two teenagers in eastern Oklahoma died over the weekend of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning after storms knocked out power.According to Tulsa-area television station KTUL, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation learned that two boys,...

Kansas City, KS - Investigators are looking into what could have caused a possible explosion at a vacant duplex in Kansas City, Kansas.KCK firefighters were called to the scene near 55th and Everett early Monday morning.Several neighbors reported hearing what they...