HOUSTON, Feb.

For more than 30 years, paramedics have been saving the lives of these patients by inserting, through the vocal cords. Now, a device more commonly found in the hospital is making its way into the nation's ambulances.

By Robert Crowe, Houston Chronicle Dec. 19--Four people were taken to hospitals after a 55-gallon drum of sulfuric acid exploded Monday night at a southeast Houston chemical plant. The fire started about 8:20 p.m. at SET Environmental Inc., 5738 Cheswood.

By Jennifer Leahy, Houston Chronicle Sep. 23--A woman described by neighbors as "invalid and bedridden" was killed and her was nephew injured in a fire Friday afternoon at their southeast Houston home.

HOUSTON - Three airport workers were sickened Friday by the odor of a liquid that spilled in the cargo hold of a Continental Airlines plane, officials said. The Houston Fire Department was working to determine what the liquid was, said District Chief Tommy Dowdy. It was stored in a U.S.