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Man suffers serious burns after explosion at Crystal, Minn. home
Crystal, MN - One man was rushed to the hospital on Sunday with severe burns after a reported explosion at a home in Crystal, Minnesota. Police responded to the explosion shortly after noon on Perry Avenue North near 58th Street North, police report. At the scene,...
Carbon monoxide fumes force evacuation at Oak Lawn apartment building
Dallas, TX - About 200 Dallas renters are back in their apartments following last night's Carbon Monoxide scare. Dallas Fire-Rescue got 911 calls just past 7 p.m. Thursday. They were called to the Radius on Turtle Creek, a building on Cedar Springs near Welborn....
Explosion levels home in Sumpter Township, man hospitalized
Sumpter Township, MI - A home was leveled to the ground after an explosion in Sumpter Township on Saturday. The explosion happened at a home on Martinsville, near Oakville Waltz Rd. According to Sumpter Twp. Deputy Supervisor Tim Rush, a couple had just returned from...
Father and Son Escape NH Home After Explosion, Fire Cause Severe Damage
Hampstead, NH - A New Hampshire man woke up Friday morning to an explosion and fire at his house in Hampstead. Nathan Close, who lives on School Street, says he was sleeping when the explosion happened, but he woke quickly. His son and their dog were in the other...
Man hospitalized with severe burns after gas explosion in Lolo
Lolo, MT - One man is in St. Patrick Hospital with severe burns over half his body after a gas explosion that occurred in Lolo late Monday night. Mike Bowman, Battalion Chief with Missoula Rural Fire reported that crews were dispatched to a residence on Manor...
Expert says Evansville explosion ‘has all the footprints’ of a natural gas leak
Evansville, IN — Officials have yet to publicly identify a cause to Wednesday's deadly home explosion, but outside experts said the blast bears many of the hallmarks found in incidents caused by a natural gas leak. Such incidents have have killed more than 100...
1 dead, 9 injured in gas explosion at Missouri home
Wyatt, MO -- A gas explosion Monday at a southeast Missouri home killed one person and injured nine others, authorities said. The explosion happened around 7 a.m. in Wyatt, a town of about 280 people that's about 130 miles (210 kilometers) south of St. Louis, Capt....
Police investigating Norton house explosion, fire
Norton, VA — Norton and Virginia State Police are investigating the cause of an early Sunday explosion and fire that left one dead and two injured in Norton. Norton Fire Chief Todd Lagow said city dispatchers received the call of a house fire with explosions at 2:27...
York man killed, wife hospitalized after suspected carbon monoxide poisoning
York, PA – A York man was killed after a suspected accidental carbon monoxide poisoning incident, according to the York County Coroner’s Office. The coroner’s office responded to the 200 block of Kralltown Road at 9:27 a.m. for a fatality possibly involving carbon...
Water heater explodes; fire destroys home
Lucasville, OH - A mother’s time in the tub was interrupted by an explosion at her home. Samantha Brewer says she’d just put her kids to bed Monday night and was taking a shower at her home on Salt Creek Road in Lucasville when she heard and felt an explosion. “The...