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Man severely burned in house explosion: Edward Hahn drove himself to fire station
Mapleton, MN - A man is in a hospital with serious burns after a suspected house explosion south of Mapleton Tuesday afternoon. Edward Hahn drove himself to the Mapleton Fire Station and was airlifted to a Twin Cities hospital with burns. First-responders then found...
Strasburg family safe after nighttime emergency
Strasburg, OH - Matt and Melanie Neidenthal have reasons to be thankful. The fact that the family is safe is at the top of the list. The Neidenthal family was expecting to celebrate Matt’s 53rd birthday on April 1. Instead, most of the family was taken by ambulance to...
Woman dies after carbon monoxide exposure from stove on Sunday
Washington, DC — Fire officials said a woman is dead after being exposed to carbon monoxide on Sunday morning. D.C. Fire and EMS were called just before 9:45 a.m. to the 100 block of Kenilworth Avenue in Northeast for a medical emergency. Once on scene, first...
3 people severely burned during propane tank explosion near Manor
Travis County, TX — The explosion of a propane tank on Thursday night resulted in the severe burn injuries of three people near Manor. Austin-Travis County EMS and local fire and police departments responded to the scene in the 11400 block of Austex Acres Lane around...
Propane leak suspected in blast, fire that killed woman, 83
Edison,NE — An 83-year-old woman was killed by an explosion and fire at her rural residence in south-central Nebraska, authorities said. Firefighters from Edison and Oxford put out the fire Friday at the property northeast of Edison before flames could spread from an...
2 injured after gas leak causes home explosion on Detroit’s west side
Detroit, MI - One man is unaccounted for and two others are injured following a house explosion in Detroit early Friday morning, according to Detroit Fire officials. Around 4 a.m., Detroit police, fire and EMS crews responded to the 680 block of Archdale on a report...
Neighbor Smelled Gas Before ‘Explosion,’ House Fire In Kenosha
Kenosha, WI - Firefighters worked to put out flames at a house fire in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Sunday morning. Electrical wires could be heard popping, and bright lights flashed as crews fought the blaze. A person living near the house said there was an explosion, and...
Carbon monoxide poisoning thought to be cause of two deaths in Shasta Vista area
Mount Shasta, CA - Two people were found dead inside what the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office described as “a structure” in the Shasta Vista area of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning Monday night, March 9. Chengfang Su, 66, and Yangmel Wang, 66, both of Sacramento,...
Man, 70, dies by suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in Hyde Park, officials say
Chicago, IL - A 70-year-old man was found dead in a Hyde Park apartment unit Tuesday night after the Chicago Fire Department responded to a carbon monoxide alarm, authorities said. An alarm went off about 9:20 p.m. inside an apartment building in the 800 block of East...
12 taken to hospital for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities say
Macungie Township, PA - Twelve people were taken to a hospital after becoming ill on Saturday night in a home with high levels of carbon monoxide in Lower Macungie Township, authorities report. Macungie Ambulance was dispatched to the home in the 3600 block of Clauss...