Carbon monoxide poisoning is a silent killer.
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According to federal data, at least 430 Americans die and 50,000 are sickened through accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.
On Thursday in Bristol Borough, that risk was real after a resident was sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning.
A social media post from the Bristol Consolidated Fire Company said they were dispatched to a carbon monoxide alarm in the borough. The resident reported a carbon monoxide alarm was going off and she was feeling ill.
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Upon arrival, firefighters went into the home with a gas meter and it immediately went off.
“Crews had very high readings of [carbon monoxide], and it was determined that the oil boiler had backfired and created deadly co has inside the structure,” the fire company said.
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Firefighters from the Bristol Consolidated, Goodwill Hose, and American Hose, Hook, and Ladder fire companies vented the home for more than an hour.
The resident didn’t suffer serious injury, but the carbon monoxide poisoning could have been fatal.
“Kudos to the alert resident for calling the fire department, if she did not, there could have been a very different outcome,” the fire company said.
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Crews stressed that working carbon monoxide detectors are as important smoke detectors.
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