Man, boy rushed to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning in Calgary
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This article was published 12/02/2025 (407 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
CALGARY – The Calgary Fire Department says a man and his four-year-old son have been rushed to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning.
It says it received a call about a child having difficulty breathing and losing consciousness.
When firefighters arrived at a home in the city’s northeast, they detected carbon monoxide levels at a life-threatening concentration.
They found the source of the gas was a vehicle that had been left running in the attached garage for hours.
The man and boy were taken to hospital, and crews ventilated the home until carbon monoxide levels returned to zero.
Firefighters also found that there were no working carbon monoxide detectors in the home.
“This incident is a critical reminder of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning. CO is a colourless, odourless gas that can be deadly,” the fire department said Wednesday in a news release.
“The Calgary Fire Department urges all residents to install working CO alarms on every level of their home and never leave vehicles running in an attached garage, even with the door open.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 12, 2025.