Q. I've always said that if the house is on fire the thing that will wake me up is the fire. And I don't live in a mansion, worst comes to worse I hop out a window and break a leg.
Are there any real instances of people waking up from real fires and living?
Are there any real instances of people waking up from real fires and living?
Answer
Smoke detectors save lives. The silent killer, carbon monoxide, will displace oxygen and kill you long before you burn. I have carried bodies out of houses that didn't have a single burn on them. But they died because they did not have working smoke detectors. and CO got them as they slept. CO detectors also save lots of lives. That's why you should check you batteries when you change the clocks for daylight savings time and standard time. I see people all the time who got out of their houses or apartments alive because of smoke detectors.
Smoke detectors save lives. The silent killer, carbon monoxide, will displace oxygen and kill you long before you burn. I have carried bodies out of houses that didn't have a single burn on them. But they died because they did not have working smoke detectors. and CO got them as they slept. CO detectors also save lots of lives. That's why you should check you batteries when you change the clocks for daylight savings time and standard time. I see people all the time who got out of their houses or apartments alive because of smoke detectors.
Do I need to worry about Carbon Monoxide?
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I have a very old gas stove/oven and baked a frozen pizza in it tonight. I thought I had turned it off, but accidentally turned it the wrong way, so the oven was empty on broil for about 30 minutes. I could smell gas so I went to check and turned it off. We are able to go to bed with a window cracked, do you think we need to worry about Carbon Monoxide from the gas oven? I've never smelled it quite so strong as I did before I turned it off...
Answer
First of all, carbon monoxide detectors are not that expensive and they can and do save lives! Second, you can not smell carbon monoxide. That is why it is so deadly. People don't know they are being poisoned by it. Third, the more fuel burning appliances you have the greater the risk of one of them malfunctioning and killing you and your whole family with something that an investment of $30-$50 could have prevented. What you smelled may have been another dangerous problem, but it wasn't carbon monoxide.
First of all, carbon monoxide detectors are not that expensive and they can and do save lives! Second, you can not smell carbon monoxide. That is why it is so deadly. People don't know they are being poisoned by it. Third, the more fuel burning appliances you have the greater the risk of one of them malfunctioning and killing you and your whole family with something that an investment of $30-$50 could have prevented. What you smelled may have been another dangerous problem, but it wasn't carbon monoxide.
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