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SOMERVILLE, MA — An elderly resident was saved by a carbon monoxide detector installed under a grant program, according to the Somerville Fire Department. Firefighters were called to a Central Street home to investigate a fire alarm and found a carbon monoxide...

Kern County, CA - Three people, two of them minors, were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning at a residence this morning. The Kern County Fire Department said at around 5:30 a.m., firefighters were sent to a local residence after getting a medical aid call. The...

Boston, MA - Two people were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after emergency crews responded Friday morning to a possible carbon monoxide incident at Coffin Elementary School. The school was closed after the incident for the remainder of the school...

Cordova, TN - More than 1,000 students and staff were evacuated from Kate Bond Middle School Thursday because of a carbon monoxide leak. The Memphis Fire Department responded to the school in Cordova just after 1 p.m. MFD says 1,050 students and staff were evacuated....

MILLWOOD, Ky. — A charred mess is all that is left of a Grayson County home after a gas explosion Wednesday night. A mother and her daughter were both injured in the explosion. Family members told WHAS the victims are Angela Young and her seven-year-old daughter,...

LAKE OF THE WOODS, MN -  A man was injured in a propane explosion at an ice house on Lake of the Woods. Brandon Marudas, 36 of Warroad and formerly of Big Lake Minnesota was on Lake of the Woods filling propane tanks on Wednesday, January 22nd when he was injured in...

Seeley Lake, MT – Tuesday night, Jan. 21 the Seeley Lake Fire Department was paged out to a structure fire on Leota Peak Court. When Fire Chief Dave Lane arrived, the family was outside. They explained that there was a propane explosion. No one was injured and while...

Donnelly, ID — A majority of the 25 people taken to the hospital Monday morning following a carbon monoxide leak in Donnelly have been treated and released. Fifteen of those sickened were children. First responders at 6:27 a.m. arrived at a vacation home where the...

New Smyrna Beach, FL - An elderly New Smyrna Beach couple found dead in their condo on Sunday possibly died of carbon monoxide poisoning, investigators with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. Authorities were called to the Sea Winds condominiums, 4875 S....

Selma, NC — A community is raising money to help a family of four that was poisoned by carbon monoxide after they used a generator to heat their home Friday night. According to firefighters, the family had no electricity at their home on Jordan Narron Road and used a...

Itasca County, MN - Two people are dead after an explosion in rural Itasca County in northern Minnesota. The explosion happened just before 7:30 a.m. Thursday with the sheriff's office being alerted by a 911 caller who reported a structure fire near Turtle Lake. The...

Cameron County, TX — Authorities found a Cameron County man dead on Thursday morning. Officials received a call at around 6 a.m. and responded to the corner of Lovelace Ave. and Santa Rosa Ave., south of Santa Maria High School. At the scene, authorities found an...

Spokane, WA - Carbon monoxide was discovered in Old City Hall on Thursday morning emanating from a malfunctioning boiler, the Spokane Fire Department said. The building was evacuated quickly, and no one was hurt. Just before 6 a.m., morning workers called 911 when...

Hempstead, NY - Twenty eight people were treated following a carbon monoxide incident in Hempstead Wednesday morning.Nine of them were hospitalized, though are expected to be OK, officials said.It happened around 8 a.m. at an apartment building on Fulton...

Storm Lake, IA - Carbon monoxide gas filled a Storm Lake home after snow blocked the exhaust and fresh air pipes from the furnace.According to a press release from the Storm Lake Fire Department, they responded to a carbon monoxide detector going off inside a...