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Cabin explodes in Duck Creek – four escape

Cedar Mountain, UT - A cabin in Duck Creek Village exploded last Saturday night while 3 people and an infant were inside. Luckily, only minor injuries were sustained and all four made it out relatively unscathed.Cedar Mountain Fire Protection District Chief Casey...

Cat Saves Florida Family From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Volusia County, FL - A Central Florida couple is crediting Bella for saving their lives. Bella is not their daughter or their dog, she is their cat.Paul and Leona Jones say when they got home from eating dinner on Feb. 27, they just wanted to get inside out of the...

Carbon monoxide leak shuts down Waterloo apartment house

Waterloo, IA - A Waterloo apartment house was shut down over the weekend following a carbon monoxide leak.When crews with Waterloo Fire Rescue arrived at 1021 South St., a house converted into four-apartments, on Sunday afternoon, they found levels around 30 to 40...

Man and woman die in carbon monoxide-related incident in Omaha

Omaha, NE - A man and a woman have died of carbon monoxide poisoning after a vehicle was left running in an attached garage in a house near 56th and Spring Streets, Omaha police and fire officials said Monday.Police said officers responded to 5614 Spring St. at 10:52...

Explosion wipes out house in Alpine

Star Valley, WY - A house was obliterated by an explosion this morning in Alpine, Wyo.Buckrail is working on piecing together more details but at this time emergency units are sifting through the remains of a home on Alpine Circle in the Airpark subdivision of Alpine...

Explosion and fire at a home in Worcester

Worcester, VT - Two people were injured in a house fire in Worcester Sunday.It happened at a home on Eagle Ledge Road around 10:30 a.m. Vermont State Police say they were notified of an explosion and house fire. Three sides of the small wood-framed building were blown...

Nowata County Jail remains closed a day after carbon monoxide leak

Nowata, OK - The Nowata County Jail remains empty tonight hours after a carbon monoxide leak forced their inmates to be evacuated.Several jailers are recovering after becoming sick.It's no secret the Nowata County Jail is in disrepair. Last night's carbon monoxide...

Ohio Prison Inmates, Staff Treated for Carbon Monoxide

Caldwell, OH - Officials say 29 inmates and four staff members have been treated for exposure to carbon monoxide at a medium-security state prison in southeastern Ohio.The Marietta Times reports an assistant warden at Noble Correctional Institution says a malfunction...

Carbon monoxide poisoning suspected in Greenwood man’s death

Greenwood, SC - Officials suspect carbon monoxide poisoning was the likely cause of death Wednesday morning for a Greenwood man who brought a generator inside his house.Brian Bennett Hudgens, 44, of 420 Circle Drive, Greenwood died at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, said...