Help Me Hank: Keeping your home warm and safe More than 400 Americans die from CO poisoning annually
DETROIT – With temperatures dropping -- many are turning on furnaces and plugging in space heaters that could be a danger.
Carbon monoxide poisoning can happen quickly and its outcome can often be deadly. It’s already taken multiple lives in Detroit this October.
RELATED: Generators found inside home where possible CO poising killed man, hospitalized woman
Experts urge families to buy carbon monoxide detectors and to get your furnace inspected. Some inspections may actually be covered by the furnace’s warranty, depending on the brand and year.
Residents should also regularly change their furnace filter and to keep generators outside the home.
Even with a CO detector, keep generators outside. If you use a space heater, make sure it’s safe, not on a recall list and away from children.
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