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Manchester, NH - A carbon monoxide leak at a Taco Bell on South Willow Street sent one worker to the hospital Thursday morning.A couple of workers weren't feeling well around 7 a.m. and one was sent by ambulance for evaluation, said District Fire Chief Michael...

Alamosa, CO - A rural Alamosa County man lost his home in a fire on Sunday morning.Alamosa Fire Chief Don Chapman said Ron Hughes lost his log home and a vehicle to a fire on County Road 116 in the southeast corner of the county bordering Costilla County late morning...

Phoenix, AZ - The Phoenix Fire Department says four people were transported to a hospital for treatment or evaluation for possible carbon monoxide poisoning from a barbeque grill being used to warm an apartment.The department says responding firefighters found a man...

Bern, KS - The Kansas State Fire Marshal is investigating an early Monday morning explosion outside a Nemaha Co. home.According to the Nemaha Co. Sheriff's Office, the explosion happened around 5:30 a.m. in the porch area of the home in the 300 block of Main Street,...

Austin, TX - A business on East Sixth Street was evacuated, and six people were hospitalized, due to concerns that the people inside were exposed to carbon monoxide, Austin-Travis County EMS officials said.Three ambulances responded to Lone Star Food Service, at East...

Denver, CO - Firefighters in Denver rushed two people to the hospital after they found high levels of carbon monoxide inside a home.Crews rushed to the home near 20th and Ogden on Monday morning. Once inside, they found the high levels of carbon monoxide.Denver Fire...

Clinton, CT - A powerful explosion overnight leveled a mobile home, critically injuring two people and smashing windows in nearby trailers.Leo Hinkley, 64, and his wife, 61-year-old Candace Hinkley, were pulled from the burning wreckage of the mobile home and...

Canoga Park, CA - An explosion at a home in West Hills on Wednesday significantly damaged the structure and scattered debris across a residential block, prompting a response from firefighters and police.Two people were inside the single-story house, in the 7500 block...

Tamarack, ID - An explosion in a fireplace that had been converted from propane to wood-burning fuel caused the fire that consumed a house and killed four people at Tamarack Resort in June, Idaho State Fire Marshal Knute Sandahl said Thursday.Sandahl said that the...

Los Angeles, CA - The back of a house in western Los Angeles exploded Wednesday, blowing debris across multiple backyards and significantly damaging the home and surrounding area.Two people were inside the West Hills home at the time of the incident, but according to...

Roanoke, Va - Crews are at the scene of the Ridge and Colonial Yorktown apartments in Roanoke where elevated levels of carbon monoxide have been reported.Officials say the levels were elevated in every unit, and they had to get people out of the building because they...

New Boston, NH - A Nashua house painter died Tuesday morning after an explosion and fire at a newly constructed home where he was working.Antonio De Souza, 46, of Nashua, was alone at the house on Foxberry Drive, according to Danielle Cole, a district chief for the...

Pomona, KS - A 47-year-old man and his dog escaped injury when a gas explosion rocked a Pomona house they were occupying late Monday morning.Alan Radcliffe, Franklin County Emergency Management director, said it appears a natural gas explosion about 11:45 a.m. Monday...

Desoto Parish, LA - Three people were hurt in a suspected natural gas explosion Monday morning in DeSoto Parish.Those injured are Stanley Mayor Sharon H. Fletcher, her mother, Alderwoman Dwena M. Henry, and friend William Roe.It happened at Henry's home in the 600...

Greenwich, CT - Police and firefighters rescued a man poisoned by carbon monoxide from his residence in Old Greenwich Saturday afternoon.Emergency crews were dispatched to 51 Old Kings Highway on a report of an alarm and an unconscious male around 1 p.m. The fumes...