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Natural gas leak determined to be cause of Carmel High School explosion that hurt 2
Carmel, IN - The Indiana Department of Homeland Security has determined that a natural gas leak was the cause of an explosion at Carmel High School on Wednesday.IDHS said Thursday that it appears the gas was ignited when a maintenance worker and contractor were doing...
Mississippi couple found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning
Natchez, MI - A Mississippi couple has been found dead in a home from what officials think was carbon monoxide poisoning.Adams County Coroner James Lee told the Natchez Democrat that 61-year-old Tippie Proby Jr. and 65-year-old Alice Marie Thomas were found around 10...
Detroit family experiences close call with furnace carbon monoxide leak
Detroit, MI - A family living on Detroit's east side has a warning for families this holiday season after their faulty furnace sent them to the hospital.Fire officials said it's something that happens more often in the winter.Lakeshia Thomas and her children,...
Propane explosion sends one woman to the hospital
Lutz, FL - Friends and family say a woman is lucky to be alive after surviving a propane explosion just feet from where she was standing.The blast had people that live on the 3400 block of Melissa Country Way in Lutz running out of their homes. The described a loud...
Boy, 10, killed by carbon monoxide had ‘thousand-watt smile’
Roane County, WV - We can now tell you the 10-year-old boy poisoned to death in his own home was named Corey Carper. As we first reported Monday night, the cause is believed to be carbon monoxide poisoning.Investigators tell WSAZ that Corey's entire family stayed home...
Hotel at Patriot Place evacuated after high levels of carbon monoxide detected
Foxborough, MA - A hotel at Patriot Place in Foxboro has been evacuated after elevated readings of carbon monoxide were detected in the building.Foxboro fire officials say the Renaissance Hotel was evacuated Monday evening after the carbon monoxide was detected....
Carbon monoxide leak in Oxnard home brings fire crews
Oxnard, CA - Firefighters in Oxnard responded to a carbon monoxide leak at a home in the 3100 block of Nevada Avenue on Saturday morning.No residents were injured, but crews were on the scene for hours trying to identify the source of the leak.The leak was reported...
3 adults exposed to carbon monoxide flown to Shock Trauma
Parkton, MD - Three adults were flown to Shock Trauma Thursday evening with symptoms consistent with carbon monoxide exposure, Baltimore County officials said.Authorities said the adults were in a house in the 19000 block of Middletown Road in Parkton.Authorities said...
Carbon monoxide forces Vista South evacuation
New Castle, PA - A carbon monoxide incident at a local apartment complex could have been disastrous, but tragedy was averted yesterday afternoon by a small yellow detection device on an ambulance worker's bag.About 60 residents were forced to leave their apartments at...
Recently-Installed Carbon Monoxide Detectors Caught Leak in Midstreams Elementary School
Brick Township, NJ - Carbon monoxide detectors that were installed at the start of this school year were responsible for alerting officials to high levels of the colorless, odorless gas in Midstreams Elementary School Wednesday, officials said.Kevin Batzel, chief of...