Residents of a home in Cobourg safely evacuated after being alerted of dangerously high levels of Carbon Monoxide on Sunday, December 4, 2020.
At approximately 8:30 p.m. Cobourg Fire Department responded to the home on College Street after a carbon monoxide detector was activated inside the residence.
When fire crews arrived, all the residents from the home which housed two apartments were outside of the residence.
Acting Captain Chris Post said there were “substantia readings”when fire crews entered the basement of the dwelling.
There were 233 parts per million of carbon monoxide in the residence.
Post said if there weren’t working carbon monoxide detectors the results could have been tragic.
“They were extremely high readings tonight inside this residence.”
Post said the alarms the firefighters carry are set for 25 parts per million.
“I do credit working carbon monoxide alarms in the residence that alerted the family that got out safely.”
The cause of the leak was determined to be the furnancein the basement which was the only fuel fired appliance.
The family drove to Northumberland Hills Hospital to be checked over as one of the members was experiencing symptoms of carbon monoxide poisioning.
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