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House explosion kills 1, injures 2 in southern Indiana city
Jeffersonville, IN - An explosion leveled a home in southern Indiana early Sunday, killing one person, injuring two others and leaving several nearby homes uninhabitable, authorities said.Hours after the explosion shattered windows across a Jeffersonville neighborhood...
House explosion kills man, woman, injures son
Mountain Top, PA - Authorities say a house explosion in northeastern Pennsylvania has claimed the lives of a man and woman and sent their son to the hospital with injuries.Police and emergency dispatchers in Luzerne County say two blasts about 20 minutes apart were...
Carbon monoxide blamed for deaths of elderly Sarasota couple
Sarasota, FL - An elderly couple was found dead inside a Sarasota home this morning, the apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning.The home is a duplex along Bouchard Circle, just south of Clark Road. According to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, the victims...
Carbon monoxide buildup at polling location sickens two workers in Lorain
Lorain, OH - County officials have confirmed that a carbon monoxide leak at a Lorain polling station sickened two workers and briefly stopped voting until backup machines could be set up in the parking lot.Authorities responded to the Italian American Veterans Post 1...
1 person taken to hospital following carbon monoxide incident in Storm Lake
Storm Lake, IA - A Storm Lake man was taken to the hospital after he was left nearly unconscious from carbon monoxide fumes after working with a gas-powered saw inside a home.Shortly before 8 p.m. on Saturday, the Storm Lake Fire Department was called to 1115 Spooner...
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....