Latest news with #carbonmonoxide
Yahoo
3 days ago
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Vancouver building evacuated due to high levels of carbon monoxide
Vancouver firefighters evacuated a downtown apartment building due to elevated levels of carbon monoxide. A resident of the building in the 1300-block Bidwell Street reported smelling an odour just after 10 a.m. Thursday. When crews went in to investigate, they detected slightly elevated levels of carbon monoxide, said Capt. Matthew Trudeau of Vancouver Fire and Rescue. 'They evacuated out of precaution,' he said. 'We got our Hazmat team to come and start assessing the source. Fortis Gas is also on scene.' No injuries were reported. Trudeau said crews are ventilating the three-storey building, which contains approximately two dozen suites, and expects residents to be able to return home this afternoon after investigators determine the cause of the higher-than-normal levels. 'If we ventilate and the readings go down, we don't want these levels to come back so we want to make sure to find the cause and origin of this,' he said. The building has a gas boiler and each unit has natural-gas stoves. Carbon monoxide gas is colourless and odourless and potentially deadly, if it builds up to dangerously high levels. Symptoms include headache, dizziness, and fatigue. More to come … chchan@ Remains found in Salmon Arm identified as woman who went missing in 2017 Shots fired at same Maple Ridge house for second time in just weeks
CTV News
4 days ago
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- CTV News
Carbon monoxide alarm prompts evacuation of downtown Calgary grocery store
Customers and staff stand outside a Superstore located in Calgary's East Village, after it was evacuated due to carbon monoxide on June 18, 2025. (CTV News) A grocery store was evacuated in Calgary's East Village on Wednesday after carbon monoxide (CO) alarms went off. Around 150 people were evacuated from the Superstore located at 428 6 Ave S.E., according to the Calgary Fire Department. By the time crews arrived, everyone had already evacuated the store due to the alarms. CO at 50 parts per million was detected inside. The cause of the concentration of gas has not yet been confirmed. Exposure to carbon monoxide can cause flu-like symptoms, including headaches, nausea, dizziness, confusion, fatigue and loss of consciousness. The City of Calgary warns that working CO alarms provide the only warning for the dangerous gases.
CTV News
5 days ago
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- CTV News
1 dead, 1 in hospital following northeast Calgary carbon monoxide incident
One person is confirmed dead in the aftermath of a carbon monoxide incident in northeast Calgary on Tuesday afternoon. One person is confirmed dead in the aftermath of a carbon monoxide incident in northeast Calgary on Tuesday afternoon. Paramedics rushed to save the lives of two people at a house in Martindale. The call came in around 4:20 p.m. The fire department says someone came to the home and discovered the victims. One person was taken to hospital in serious but stable condition. CPR was performed on a second person, but they were not transported, according to fire officials. It was later confirmed the person had died. Carbon monoxide levels in the home were quite high, at 360 parts per million. Firefighters typically will evacuate a building when CO is between 25 and 50 parts per million. Atco and the fire department are investigating what may have caused the CO buildup, including checking a gas generator on site and other appliances. Those checks will take some time. Meanwhile, the house was being aired out on Tuesday night. No further information about the victims has been released at this time.
CTV News
6 days ago
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- CTV News
6 people taken to hospital after high levels of carbon monoxide detected
Seven people have been taken to hospital after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected at Boyle Community Centre in London, Ont. June 16, 2025. (Reta Ismail/CTV News London) The Ministry of Labour has been called in to investigate after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected at Boyle Community Centre on Charlotte Street in London. Officials at the scene told CTV News everybody has evacuated the building that is currently under construction. Six people were taken to hospital, all of which were construction workers. Londoners are reminded to have CO alarms if they have a home with a fuel burning appliance, fire place or attached garage. This is a developing story. More details to come. — with files from CTV News London's Reta Ismail
BBC News
7 days ago
- BBC News
Father calls for gas heater ban following son's death
A father has called for a ban on the sale of portable gas heaters, 10 years after his son died from carbon monoxide Hill, 18, died in 2015 at a holiday cottage near Tarfside in Scotland, when a gas heater malfunctioned in the bathroom. He had been on holiday with his girlfriend's family at the time, who tried desperately to revive father Jerry, who lives in Salisbury, said: "We think that some thought should be given to whether those [gas heaters] should be legal or not."A Department of Business and Trade spokesperson said manufacturers "are required by law to place only safe gas heaters on the market". An inquest into Tom's death was held earlier this month, with the coroner recording a conclusion of accidental death. He added that he would prepare a preventing future deaths report about the lack of warnings on liquid petroleum gas (LPG) Hill, who is also supporting a campaign for greater clarity over what you should do if a carbon monoxide alarm goes off, said there were a number of issues that contributed to his son's death."The portable gas heater, which shouldn't have been in the bathroom, had a ceramic element, which had a crack in it," he said."When the fire was lit it would burn behind the element and (it caused) a catastrophic malfunction that released a lethal amount of carbon monoxide."He added that with the carbon monoxide alarm in the kitchen, it failed to go off because the door to the bathroom was shut. The inquest, which was held in Winchester, heard Tom was in the locked bathroom when those he was staying with were unable to get a response from him. They broke open the door and found him collapsed by the bath. Extensive efforts were made to revive Mr Hill but he was pronounced dead on the way to of the cottage, Burghill Farms and Piers Le Cheminant, who sub-let the property to holidaymakers, were prosecuted for health and safety breaches in 2021, with the farm being fined £120,000 and Le Cheminant being fined £2, Hill family have been working with the charity CO-Gas Safety to raise awareness of the dangers posed by the gas."In large amounts it can kill you, but in small amounts, it can make you very ill and it causes permanent damage," said Mr added that he would like to see regulation of portable gas heaters and better safety warnings."You can buy them anywhere, and you can basically install them yourself in your front room. Normally you'd have to get a gas fitter to install it," he said."They're not regulated in any way and they vent directly into the room."If an alarm sounds in a rental property, there's nothing to tell people what to do." Stephanie Trotter, president of the CO-Gas Safety charity which is supporting the family, also called for the devices to be banned and for a public safety information campaign to be held on the dangers of carbon monoxide.A Department of Business and Trade spokesperson said they "extend every sympathy to Tom's family and any injury or death from carbon monoxide is a terrible tragedy for those affected".They added: "Manufacturers are required by law to place only safe gas heaters on the market and to include clear instructions on how they should be used."
