A couple in Port Alberni, B.C., is crediting a carbon monoxide detector with potentially saving their lives.
"All of a sudden we heard this beeping and we all kind of hear it, but ignored it, and then we were like, 'What was that?'" said Shelly Anderson.The beeping was the carbon monoxide detector sounding its alarm. At first, Anderson's husband, Nori, thought the device might be defective."I was immediately concerned, I always err on the side of caution," she said.
It turns out, the carbon monoxide was filling the house because a wire mesh that had been installed at the top of the couple's chimney to keep birds out was blocked by creosote. Port Alberni deputy fire chief Wes Patterson says carbon monoxide incidents are relatively rare, but five did occur last year and two have occurred this year.
"Carbon monoxide is an odourless, tasteless gas that you'd be breathing in if it's in the atmosphere," he said."The problem is it's cumulative, so it builds up and stays in the system for a long time.""Serious enough that people have had to go to the hospital to be checked out," he said, adding that health professionals will check for carbon monoxide levels in patients' bloodstreams.
The fire department recommends that everyone get a carbon monoxide detector, which can be purchased at any building supply or hardware store."She put in the detector. If she had not put that detector in in 2020, I may not be standing here today," said Anderson.
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