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Man flown to hospital after house explodes in Union County
Maynardville, TN - A man was flown to the University of Tennessee Medical Center after a home explosion Wednesday afternoon, according to Union County dispatch.Paulette Volunteer Fire Department responded to the home in the 3000 block of Hickory Valley Lane after...
Valley County Man Dies of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Valley County, MT - A 70-year-old Valley County man is dead from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning after a malfunction from a heating system installed in the man's home leaked the gas into the home's living area, said Valley County Sheriff and Coroner Tom Boyer. The...
Casper home explosion caused by faulty gas pipe inside home, fire department says
Casper, WY - An explosion that leveled a Casper home was an isolated incident caused by a leak from a broken natural gas connection inside the house, according to a fire investigator who examined the early September explosion.The investigation did not ultimately...
3 hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning in Spokane apartment building
Spokane, WA - Three people were sent to the hospital Monday morning after high levels of carbon monoxide were discovered in an East Central apartment building.Just before 8 a.m. Monday, the Spokane Fire Department received reports of carbon monoxide in a mixed-use...
One Injured After Carbon Monoxide Leak At Baltimore County Senior Living Complex
Randallstown, MD - One person was taken to a hospital after a gas leak led to exposure to carbon monoxide at a Baltimore County senior living facility Sunday morning, police said.Officials were called to the complex in the 5100 block of Old Court Road in Randallstown...
Official: 6 treated after carbon monoxide leak in Amityville home
Amityville, NY - High carbon monoxide levels at an Amityville home that also serves as a day care sent four children and two adults to a hospital Sunday morning, fire officials said.A call came in about 10 a.m. to the North Amityville Fire Department about occupants...
High CO levels lead to evacuation of New London apartment building
New London, CT - High carbon monoxide readings led to the evacuation of a Truman Street apartment building on Friday, and a utility company employee was taken to the hospital for carbon monoxide exposure.New London firefighters responded to 36 Truman St. on Friday...
Apparent carbon monoxide poisoning leaves 1 dead, 2 critical
Springfield, MI - Authorities say an 11-year-old girl has died and two adults are in critical condition due to apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in southern Michigan where a generator was being used.The Calhoun County sheriff's department says the girl died...
Three hospitalized after carbon monoxide exposure
South Hadley, MA - Two adults and a child were hospitalized because of a carbon monoxide leak on Main Street early Tuesday morning.The gas leak was caused by an unattached vent pipe on a heating unit in the house's basement, Fire District 1 Chief Robert Authier said....
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Suspected in Death of Woman in Whittier
Whittier, CA - Carbon monoxide poisoning was suspected after a woman was found dead inside an Uptown Whittier apartment on Thursday afternoon, authorities said.The woman, estimated to be in her 70s, was found unresponsive about 1 p.m. in her unit at the Hoover Hotel...