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Two Lompoc residents hospitalized, home deemed unsafe due to carbon monoxide
Lompoc, CA - Two Lompoc residents were hospitalized early Thursday morning and their home was deemed unsafe after emergency responders found high levels of carbon monoxide in the residence.Lompoc Fire crews and an American Medical Response ambulance responded around 6...
Bronx Apartments Evacuated After Reports of High Carbon Monoxide Readings
New York, NY - Bronx residents are being let back into their apartments after an overnight evacuation due to high carbon monoxide levels.Con Ed emergency crews are at the scene trying to determine the source of the leak.The FDNY responded to the apartment building on...
Family of 4 found dead in Genoa Township home; Elevated levels of carbon monoxide reported
Genoa Township, OH - Authorities are investigating the deaths of four family members found inside their home Thursday.Police and fire departments responded to the home on Lewis Center Road for a well-being check after receiving a 911 call from a family...
6 people taken to hospital after elevated carbon monoxide levels found in home
Commerce City, CO - Six people were taken to the hospital after elevated levels of carbon monoxide were found inside their home, a spokesperson for South Adams Fire said.Crews from Xcel Energy and South Adams Fire responded to the home at 6000 East 74th Place Tuesday...
Man seriously burned after explosion and fire at Garden Grove mobile home
Garden Grove, CA - An explosion in a mobile home in Garden Grove sparked a fire and left a man critically injured on Tuesday, April 30.The incident was reported near the 13000 block of Fairview Street at 6:20 p.m., said Garden Grove Fire Department Capt. Thanh Nguyen....
Car crashing into Attleboro home leads to detection of natural gas leak, evacuation of several houses
Attleboro, MA - When there is a black cloud, a silver lining can sometimes be found.That's what happened late Friday when firefighters who were working to secure and remove a vehicle that struck a home on Emory Street discovered a natural gas leak that prompted the...
Firefighters: Explosion at San Pedro duplex caused by natural gas leak
San Pedro, CA - Firefighters said a gas leak led to an explosion that damaged a building in San Pedro about a block away from Averill Park on Sunday, April 28, but no injuries were reported.Crews responded at 5:39 p.m. to reports of an explosion at a two-story duplex...
Suspected carbon monoxide sickens more than 20 at Indiana Township group home
Indiana Township, PA - More than 20 people reported feeling ill at a group home in Indiana Township and about a dozen were treated at local hospitals.Initial reports indicated the patients may have been overcome by carbon monoxide.Post-Gazette news partner KDKA-TV...
Nine transported to hospital after carbon monoxide poisoning
Wichita, KS - The Wichita Fire Department responded to a home in the 2900 block of North Meridian just after 8 p.m. Tuesday for a carbon monoxide poisoning.Nine people were transported by EMS to Wesley Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries."Received a...
Officials determine cause of La Grange home explosion
La Grange,NC - A gas leak was determined to have caused a La Grange home to explode in early April.The Lenoir County Sheriff's Office and Lenoir County Emergency Services investigated the explosion that occurred on North Forbes Street in La Grange.The blast left one...
Alleghany County family survives after poisonous gas fills home
Covington, VA - Seven members of a Covington family are continuing to recover after what they describe as a near-death experience. They got carbon monoxide poisoning inside their home.Everyone survived, including their dog, but the high levels Wednesday night could...
2 taken to hospital after trailer home explosion in Mack
Mack, CO - Two people were taken to the hospital with burns after a trailer home explosion in Mack.It happened just before 9 a.m. Sunday on Moro Castle Avenue and Clarkton. The blast may have been caused by propane, and completely destroyed the home.Colorado State...
Neighbors pull man from burning home in St. Paul
St. Paul, MN - The flames were impossible to miss, but Paul Warner first heard the sound."It sounded like a car accident, and I actually turned around and looked, and you could see debris coming off the house," Warner said, "We just stopped what we were doing and we...
Carbon monoxide sickens nearly a dozen people in Yonkers
Yonkers, NY - Two Yonkers families were nearly wiped out Friday morning when they were poisoned by a carbon monoxide leak, authorities said.A total of 11 people six youths and five adults were taken to area hospitals after a resident came home from an overnight...
6-year-old girl among 5 hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning in Bronzeville
Chicago, IL - Five people were taken to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning in Bronzeville.The Chicago Fire Department responded to the two-story house in the 4800 block of South Evans Avenue.A 6-year-old girl was in serious-to-critical condition and...