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Madison, WI - A furnace malfunction that caused a carbon monoxide leak was discovered thanks to a working carbon monoxide detector located in the apartment next door. No working detectors were found inside the primary unit, however. Ladder Co. 6 responded to the 2400...

Pocatello, ID — A propane explosion blew apart a south Pocatello home Thursday afternoon but the couple and their pets who lived there all survived, authorities said. Emergency responders said it was a “miracle” that the husband suffered only minor injuries in the...

Clinton, IA - One person received minor burns after a natural gas leak resulted in an explosion and fire in Clinton. The Clinton Fire Department was called to the 300 block of Thorwaldsen Place for a structure fire on December 21st. Upon arrival, they found a resident...

Boulder, CO - A mobile home in the Boulder Meadows mobile home park caught fire after an explosion on Sunday morning, but the home’s residents escaped uninjured. Janet Meyer, a retired counselor, was at home with her family just a couple of blocks away when the fire...

Lawrence, MA - A carbon monoxide leak at a Massachusetts apartment building left around a dozen people hospitalized, including two children and two first responders. Authorities were called to the area in Lawrence for a reported gas leak on Thursday morning. When they...

Chicago, IL -- Four people were rushed to the hospital Thursday night after dangerously high carbon monoxide levels were found in a North Lawndale home, Chicago fire officials said. The carbon monoxide scare serves as a warning to everyone. Three of the four...

Lawrence, MA  — Eleven people were taken to the hospital after they were exposed to “unsafe and unhealthy” levels of carbon monoxide in a building in Lawrence on Thursday morning, fire officials said. Firefighters responding to a report of people feeling ill in the...

Chicago, IL -- Twelve people were taken to Chicago hospitals from a South Side church Sunday afternoon, after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected, Chicago fire officials said. Just before the afternoon service started at New Philadelphia Baptist Church,...

Centerville, VA  - A carbon monoxide emergency in Fairfax County sent three people to the hospital Thursday night. The emergency was reported at 6:45 p.m. in the 14400 block of Black Horse Court in the Centreville area after high levels of carbon monoxide were...

Roy, WA - The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said two people are dead after suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in Roy. Deputies said a 51-year-old man was found dead at a home Tuesday night around 9:30 p.m., along with his son’s 24-year-old girlfriend. The...

Ann Arbor, MI – A Victory Inn and Suites hotel on Ann Arbor’s southeast side has been called unsafe after firefighters found the body of a maintenance worker on Monday. Fire department personnel responded to a call at 12:38 p.m. on Nov. 28 and found the worker in a...

La Porte, TX  — Two people were injured in a reported house explosion that caused a fire in La Porte, Texas Saturday morning, according to the city. The La Porte Fire Department responded to reports of the explosion and fire on Rocky Hollow Road, which is near West...

Tyler, TX — A child has died and two more are in critical condition  after possible carbon monoxide poisoning. According to the Gun Barrel City Police Department, around 9 a.m. on Saturday, officials responded to a call regarding possible carbon monoxide poisoning in...

Pigtown, MD - A 70-year-old Marine veteran risked his own life Tuesday afternoon while answering pleas for help after a rowhome exploded in Pigtown, Maryland. Terry Bagley just happened to be walking by when the house exploded shortly after 2 p.m. Perhaps it was his...

North Pole, AK - First responders found two men dead and a woman unresponsive in a North Pole home on Wednesday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers said, and investigators suspect they were exposed to carbon monoxide. The North Star Volunteer Fire Department was called...