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Washington, DC - Three people are in the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak in Montgomery County.Montgomery County Fire and Rescue called to a house on Parkwood Drive and Parkwood Terrace, in Bethesda, detected high levels of carbon monoxide and removed three...

Eugene, OR - Hundreds of people evacuated their homes on Sunday afternoon after fire crews found high levels of carbon monoxide in an apartment complex.This happened at The Patterson apartment complex on the 1300 block of Patterson Street and 13th Avenue. And it...

Cincinnati, OH - Cincinnati fire crews were called to the 1600 block of Sutter Avenue for possible carbon monoxide poisoning at 9:18 p.m. Friday, the fire chief confirmed. There, first responders found one person unconscious and not breathing, as well as another...

Philadelphia, PA - An elementary school in Philadelphia had to be evacuated after carbon monoxide fumes from roofing work wafted into the building, sending 26 kids and four staffers to the hospital.School district spokesman Lee Whack says the ordeal happened just...

Peoria, AZ - A family of four were transported to the hospital after they were exposed to carbon monoxide Thursday morning, according to the Peoria Fire-Medical Department.Firefighters responded to the carbon monoxide call at around 10:30 a.m. near the area of 75th...

Port Huron, MI - Authorities say no outward signs of trauma were found on the bodies of an elderly woman and her adult son that were found at a Michigan home after neighbors noticed mail piling up on the porch.Port Huron police Sgt. Dave Seghi tells the Times Herald...

Lakeview, NY - A couple from the Buffalo area is crediting their pit-bull for saving their lives.Attentive, and well trained, ruby the pit-bull doesn't bark very often.Ronene Ando says, “Typically she only barks for one reason, and that's if someone is at the door.”So...

El Cajon, CA - Five people (three children and two adults) were taken to the hospital for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday night after they became dizzy inside their home in the 1000 block of Madison Avenue in El Cajon.The family was using a Hibachi...

Brooklyn, NY - An explosion at a Brooklyn apartment Saturday morning blew a hole in a building and injured four people, fire officials said.Police said a gas leak may have caused the explosion a little after 8 a.m. on Bay Street in Gravesend. Firefighters said a fire...

Peoria, IL- Saturday January 20th, Peoria firefighters and paramedics were called to Jim's Steakhouse, at 110 SW Jefferson St, for a gas explosion.Crews found an injured worker who had been there to clean the kitchen hood system.While preparing to clean the kitchen...

Alvin, TX - For Natalie Smith and her 4-year-old son Cameron, a few days of headaches suddenly took a more dangerous turn."I started feeling really dizzy and couldn't really read my phone anymore hardly," Smith said.After confusion and lightheadedness started Tuesday...

Chicago, IL- Seventeen people were taken to hospitals after a carbon monoxide leak at a meatpacking facility in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.A malfunctioning fan caused carbon monoxide to back up shortly before 9 a.m. in a room at the...

Perrysburg, OH - A Perrysburg family is lucky to be alive after carbon monoxide levels skyrocketed in their home while they slept.It's called the silent killer. Carbon Monoxide is a toxic gas that can be produced by gas appliances like your stove, furnace and fire...

Chester, MA - The Kent Island Volunteer Fire Department responded to 1000 block Dominion Road Wednesday evening, Jan. 10, for reports of a motor home explosion.Fire Chief Buddy Thomas said the explosion was caused by a gas leak. He described the motor home as a “pull...

South Hero, VT - A construction worker on a crew at Camp Ta-Kum-Ta was overcome by carbon monoxide Tuesday morning and taken to the hospital to get checked out.It happened at the South Hero camp for kids with cancer at about 10 a.m. Construction crews are there...