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Royal Oak, MI - It's business as usual for a downtown Royal Oak Starbucks after a carbon monoxide leak forced its evacuation and closure for several hours on Monday. The leak is believed to have been caused by a construction crew working in the basement of the...

Orange County, FL - Three people died of carbon-monoxide poisoning on Tuesday from a generator that was running inside their Orange County home after Hurricane Irma, the Sheriff's Office said.Four other members of the multigenerational family were taken to Florida...

New Albany, IN - A failure in a propane supply line is being blamed for causing an explosion which leveled a home Monday morning, WHAS11 learned the State Fire Marshal's Office would determine.Fire crews were dispatched just before 10:30 a.m. to what was a one-story...

Rose Hill, KS - Authorities in Butler County said a propane leak caused a Butler County home to explode Monday afternoon.The explosion happened around 3:30 p.m. in the 13000 block of Southwest 155th Street, northeast of Rose Hill.When EMS arrived, they found a...

Plover, WI - A gas leak at a Plover business sent 39 people to the hospital.Monogram Appetizers says their facility on Moore Road was evacuated around 9:30pm Tuesday night.Employees of the company began feeling ill that evening. First responders reported elevated...

Bastrop, TX - Exposure to carbon monoxide sent 14 people in Bastrop to Austin-area hospitals Saturday night, said Bastrop ESD No. 2 Assistant Chief Andreas Rosales.The 6 children and 8 adults are all members of a family that had evacuated from Houston due to flooding...

Ypsilanti, MI - Two people were taken to the hospital Saturday, Sept. 2 after carbon monoxide poisoning in an Ypsilanti apartment. At about 4 p.m., Ypsilanti Fire responded to River Drive Apartments on Huron River Drive for a report of carbon monoxide poisoning.Capt....

Big Lake, AK - Tragedy struck a family in Alaska last week from an unlikely source: their refrigerator.The propane-powered appliance at their cabin near Big Lake started leaking carbon monoxide, causing the death of a 10-year-old boy and sickening other family...

Henderson, NV - A Henderson elderly couple's death is being blamed on accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Clark County coroner.Carolina, 79, and Felito Gotardo, 82, were found deceased in their home in the Anthem area on July 9, but the cause of...

Wyomissing, PA - An elevated level of carbon monoxide forced the evacuation of a bank in Berks County only a few minutes before it was set to open its doors to customers Wednesday morning.Firefighters were dispatched shortly before 9 a.m. to the Santander Bank at Penn...

Inkster, MI - It was a very close call for an Inkster woman after her home exploded setting off a massive fire.The only person inside the home made it out alive, without serious injury.The Inkster fire department says this could have been a tragic.At 4:30pm, it's...

Minneapolis, MN - A father and son are out of the hospital after a carbon monoxide scare at a home in Richfield.On Monday shortly before 3 p.m., police were called to a home in the 7600 block of Wentworth Avenue.An unresponsive man was in the basement. Police carried...

LaPorte County, IN - A LaPorte County family is crediting a carbon monoxide detector for saving their lives.The family was nearly poisoned Wednesday night at their Stillwell home after a hot water heater part broke.CO is known as "the silent killer." Roughly 500...

Fair Oaks, VA - Two children and three adults were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide incident at a home in Fair Oaks Thursday, according to authorities.The Fairfax County Fire Department says they were called to a home at 12151 Caldicot Lane at around 12:47 p.m.The...

Perryton, TX - Three people were taken to the hospital and many more sought medical help following a carbon monoxide leak at a Perryton hotel this morning.The Perryton Fire Department says substantial levels of the gas were detected in part of the Best Western.This...