News

2 overcome by carbon monoxide after car left running in garage

Orlando, FL - An 80-year-old woman and another woman were overcome by fumes Monday morning after a car was accidentally left running overnight in the garage of an Orange County home, officials said.The incident occurred at a home in the 10000 block of Creekwater...

Infant among 10 sickened by carbon monoxide in Norristown

Norristown, PA - At least 10 people, including one infant, were sickened after authorities say they found high levels of carbon monoxide inside a residence in Norristown.It happened on Monday around 6:40 a.m. on the 500 block of Green Street.The Norristown Fire...

Four dead in Dallas carbon monoxide poisonings

Dallas, TX- Four people – two of them children – died of carbon monoxide poisoning at an East Oak Cliff home construction site, police say.Their bodies were found in a home in the 1400 block of Owega Avenue around 9:20 Sunday morning, police said. Upon arrival, Dallas...

Man injured in house explosion in Pontiac

Pontiac, MI - One person was injured when a house exploded in Pontiac Saturday night. The home was located on Irwin Avenue, near South and Martin Luther King boulevards.The home was completely destroyed. 7 Action News was told the victim is a man in his 50s. He was...

Carbon monoxide exposure claims life in Detroit-area home

Wayne, MI - Authorities say one person has died and another taken to a hospital because of carbon monoxide exposure in a Detroit-area apartment.Fire officials say crews went to the Hickory Hollow Cooperative apartment complex in Wayne Friday evening after getting a...

Man, 20, killed after explosion levels central Illinois home

Sullivan, IL - A 20-year-old man has died after an explosion leveled a home in central Illinois.The (Decatur) Herald & Review reports the explosion occurred just before 10 p.m. Friday near Sullivan. Fire Chief Mike Piper said the home was fully engulfed in flames when...

Three sickened by carbon monoxide in Near West Side apartment

Madison, WI - Three people became ill from carbon monoxide fumes Thursday afternoon in their Near West Side apartment, the fumes apparently coming in through the furnace vent system.The incident happened at about 12:30 p.m. in the Oak Tree Apartments in the 2100 block...

6 Hospitalized After Carbon Monoxide Leak In Marquette Park

Chicago, IL- Six people went to the hospital Thursday morning, after firefighters discovered a carbon monoxide leak at a home in the Marquette Park neighborhood.Paramedics responded to a call for a sick person at a home near 64th and Homan around 1:15 a.m. When they...

Gas explosion at apartment complex displaces residents

Portsmouth, OH - No one was injured in a natural gas explosion at an apartment complex Thursday afternoon.As of 8:30 Thursday evening, crews from Columbia Gas were still on the scene along Coles Boulevard isolating leaks and doing repairs, Portsmouth Police Chief...