CHICAGO (WLS) -- People in Illinois could be more at risk than many other states because more residents there, about 80%, rely on natural gas for heat, hot water and cooking. Now, state legislators could make natural gas alarms mandatory. One local woman ...

A natural gas explosion and fire caused significant damage to the historic Kelton House Museum & Garden in Columbus. Officials believe the main historic building is salvageable, though a carriage house addition completely collapsed. The museum is closed ...

An extensive police report on the explosion that levelled a home in north St. Louis County sheds some light on what caused the blast. Eighteen-year-old Dontea Anthony Jr. was severely burned when his home exploded on Evan Aire Drive, having to crawl out ...

CAPITOL HILLS OVER GAS EXPLOSIONS. FIRST. TONIGHT, A HOUSE EXPLODES RIGHT NEXT TO THE SITE OF A DEADLY GAS EXPLOSION IN SOUTHERN INDIANA SIX YEARS AGO. NOW, THIS BLAST ROCKED A JEFFERSONVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD, SENDING FIVE PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL WITH LIFE AND ...