The Calgary Police Service says one person has died after a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in the southwest section of the city.
Police said officers were first called to a home in the 100 block of Shawmeadows Crescent S.W. at about noon on Tuesday to do a welfare check.
They said a woman and a child were found in the home. The woman was unconscious and was taken to hospital where she later died.
Police said the child was rushed to Alberta Children’s Hospital in critical condition but is expected to survive.
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An official with the Calgary Fire Department said it is believed the carbon monoxide levels were elevated because of a furnace leak.
Police said they have deemed the death to be non-criminal.
Carol Henke, a CFD spokesperson, said the incident was the second carbon monoxide call that emergency responders have received recently.
A man and a child were taken to hospital last week after a vehicle was left running for hours in a home’s attached garage.
“It’s just such a tragedy,” Henke said of the latest death.
“The really frightening thing about carbon monoxide is that unless you have a working alarm in your home, you won’t know that you have a carbon monoxide issue.”
Henke said Calgarians should be particularly vigilant on cold days when furnaces and cars are working overtime.
–With files from The Canadian Press
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