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Chicago, IL -- The person most seriously injured in a Chicago building explosion and collapse earlier this week has died, Chicago fire officials said Friday. He had been taken to Loyola Medical Center with extensive burns before succumbing to his injuries days later,...

Vienna, MO - The Maries County Sheriff’s Office investigates a deadly house explosion on Tuesday morning. Wayne Boeckman died in the propane explosion. Emergency crews did not know if Boeckman was home at the time of the blast. “We were unsure if Mr. Beckman was home...

Caledonia, MI — A woman is in critical condition Monday after a house exploded in Caledonia. The fire was called in just after midnight Monday near the corner of 76th Street and Kalamazoo Avenue. Fire crews from the Kent County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene...

Chicago, IL -- A Chicago Lawn home has been badly damaged by a gas explosion Wednesday afternoon, Chicago fire officials said. The explosion happened shortly before 5 p.m. in the 6600-block of South Claremont Avenue. The Chicago Fire Department said the explosion...

Tampa, FL — Five people were rushed to an area hospital Monday morning after they were exposed to “significantly high levels of carbon monoxide,” according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. Authorities said a car parked in the garage of a home near the intersection...

Tampa, FL - A car left running in a garage overnight led to high levels of carbon monoxide in a Carrollwood home Monday, sending five people to the hospital, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue officials said. Three of the five were in critical condition, according to Rob...

Trenton, NJ — Five people including a toddler were hospitalized after being exposed to a dangerous level of carbon monoxide Thursday night. First responders in Trenton were called to a rental house on North Olden Avenue about several people being sick, according to...

Omaha, NE — Police have identified three people who were found dead of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning inside a west Omaha home. David Coleman, 52, Thomas Coleman, 18, and Cole Oban, 19, all died in the home, likely from carbon monoxide, Omaha police said...

Omaha, NE — Three people were found dead Wednesday afternoon in a home on 136th Circle of Z Street, west of the Millard Airport. A fourth person found in the home was hospitalized. Omaha fire investigators say there are elevated levels of carbon monoxide in the...

Crystal, MN - One man was rushed to the hospital on Sunday with severe burns after a reported explosion at a home in Crystal, Minnesota. Police responded to the explosion shortly after noon on Perry Avenue North near 58th Street North, police report. At the scene,...

Dallas, TX - About 200 Dallas renters are back in their apartments following last night's Carbon Monoxide scare. Dallas Fire-Rescue got 911 calls just past 7 p.m. Thursday. They were called to the Radius on Turtle Creek, a building on Cedar Springs near Welborn....

Sumpter Township, MI - A home was leveled to the ground after an explosion in Sumpter Township on Saturday. The explosion happened at a home on Martinsville, near Oakville Waltz Rd. According to Sumpter Twp. Deputy Supervisor Tim Rush, a couple had just returned from...

Hampstead, NH - A New Hampshire man woke up Friday morning to an explosion and fire at his house in Hampstead. Nathan Close, who lives on School Street, says he was sleeping when the explosion happened, but he woke quickly. His son and their dog were in the other...

Lolo, MT - One man is in St. Patrick Hospital with severe burns over half his body after a gas explosion that occurred in Lolo late Monday night. Mike Bowman, Battalion Chief with Missoula Rural Fire reported that crews were dispatched to a residence on Manor...

Evansville, IN — Officials have yet to publicly identify a cause to Wednesday's deadly home explosion, but outside experts said the blast bears many of the hallmarks found in incidents caused by a natural gas leak. Such incidents have have killed more than 100...