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Nov. 9--A man and a woman were hospitalized after being overcome by methane gas at a Bay Shore home Sunday, while a police officer who responded to the scene was treated at a hospital and released, officials said.

The source of the gas was unclear Monday. Officials are investigating whether it was a problem with plumbing, sewage or due to an overwhelming number of animals in the home, Suffolk County SPCA chief Roy Gross said.

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Nov. 8--The fire chief in the Athens County city of Nelsonville died Friday night in an apparent suicide at the fire station, Sheriff Patrick Kelly said today.

Tim Carr, 53, was found shortly after 6 p.m. and flown by helicopter to Grant Medical Center in Columbus, where he died, Kelly said.

A .380-caliber handgun was found at the scene, but no one witnessed the shooting, Kelly said. He would not give details of what happened, citing the ongoing investigation.

Nov. 7--Hundreds of people attending a teen hockey tournament were evacuated from a west suburban ice rink late this afternoon because of a carbon monoxide leak, authorities said.

Thirteen people at Center Ice of DuPage, 1N450 Highland Ave. in unincorporated Milton Township near Glen Ellyn, were taken to area hospitals after they were overwhelmed by carbon monoxide fumes, according to officials from the Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company.

Another 29 were treated at the scene and released.

A formal settlement has been reached in an eight-year racial-discrimination lawsuit brought by two Camden deputy fire chiefs against the city and its fire chief.

Under the agreement, Terrence Crowder, who retired from the department in May, and Kevin Hailey, who is expected to retire next year, will receive $1.15 million.

In addition, Fire Chief Joseph Marini will step down, and all supervisory fire officers with the rank of captain or higher will undergo diversity training.

Marini will retire effective Dec. 31.

Three people were killed and four were injured in a fire at an illegally subdivided house in Queens early Saturday morning, according to the New York Times.

Nov. 7--A Gibsonville fi refi ghter arrested last month on his way to an apartment fire no longer faces felony charges, but the district attorney's office won't say whether the traffi c offenses he racked up that day will stick.

Gibsonville Fire Assistant Chief Joseph Loy was charged by Elon University campus police on Oct.

INDIANAPOLIS --

Indianapolis fire investigators blame the cold weather for a rash of blazes set at abandoned homes.

Firefighters have responded to 20 such fires in the last month, the latest Friday night on the city's east side. Capt. Rita Reith said all of the blazes were likely set by homeless trying to stay warm.

"They'll use whatever available materials they have, whether it's newspaper clothing, a mattress that's left by somebody else, wood from outside.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. --

Fire officials say operations at Ellis Island have been widely disrupted by a transformer fire.

Armando Roman, director of Jersey City's Fire and Emergency Services Department, says firefighters were dispatched at about 12:50 p.m.