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Agassiz man saved by concerned co-workers virtually undetectable, and can cause death with long exposure. Even low exposures to carbon monoxide can cause symptoms, such as nausea, headaches and dizziness. Dyer says the man will now be susceptible to carbon monoxide poisoning even in small doses. He was taken to Chilliwack Hospital, and then to Vancouver for treatment in a Jessica Peters hyperbaric chamber. THE OBSERVER "This was the result of a blocked chimney," A group of concerned co-workers likely Dyer says. "People need to pay attention saved an Agassiz man from carbon monoxide to their gas appliances. If you have any gas poisoning on Sunday morning. appliances, you need to have a monitor." When the man didn't arrive for work that day, Other incidents the Agassiz Fire his co-workers found that out of character, and Department responded to in the last few decided to go check up on him at his Morrow weeks include a debris Àre on McRae Road Road home. (Nov. 2), lines down They found him on Pioneer and in bed, alive but ‘If it wasn’t for the co-workers Heath (Nov. 3), unable to get up. a tree Àre on the showing up ... he would have They quickly Lougheed Hwy. called 911, perished’ (Nov. 4) and a call and Agassiz to some burn piles ÀreÀghters arrived Agassiz Fire Chief Wayne Dyer on Mt. Woodside on scene, Chief (Nov. 5). Wayne Dyer said. On November "The place was full of carbon monoxide," he 7, a young woman was kicked off a horse said. "If it wasn't for the co-workers showing on Cemetery Road, and landed on her back. up to see why he didn't show up, he would There were no serious injuries in that incident, have perished." and she was treated by B.C. Ambulance FireÀghters carry around C02 monitors, and paramedics. the alarm went off immediately when they An ATV was in a motor vehicle incident on entered the man's home. Tuyttens Road on November 13, requiring an The man did not have a C02 monitor, which emergency call out. would have gone off and alerted him to the And while there was the smell of smoke in gases that were building up in his home. Dyer a building on Hwy. 9, on Nov. 8, there was says the build up was the result of "issues with no Àre. Also that day, they responded to a call his gas furnace, and the hot water tank." about a broken gas line on Birch Road. He stresses that anyone who has a gas There were false commercial alarms on Elm appliance in their home should deÀnitely Road (Nov. 12) and Tower Road (Nov. 6). have a carbon monoxide monitor. The gas is news@ahobserver.com
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