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Investigators say a faulty furnace may have caused the blaze that destroyed the home belonging to the mother, Diane Delosh.
As the chief of police, Sunny's former classmate Joey Loach, explains, Margaret died when a faulty furnace leaked carbon monoxide into her home, killing not only Margaret but her lover, a divorced politician named Miles Finn.
However, one case noted permanent memory loss and learning problems after a 3-year exposure to relatively low levels of carbon monoxide from a faulty furnace.
In addition, the Dallas Morning News said police were looking into the possibility that carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty furnace played a role in their deaths.
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Sources of carbon monoxide include cigarette smoke, house fires, faulty furnaces, heaters, wood-burning stoves, internal combustion vehicle exhaust, electrical generators, propane-fueled equipment such as portable stoves, and gasoline-powered tools such as leaf blowers, lawn mowers, high-pressure washers, concrete cutting saws, power trowels, and welders.
Our rented house was only $35 a month, but it was drafty, the furnace was faulty and frequently the place couldn't be brought up to 55 degrees.
Specific interventions included repair of faulty cold-air return to furnace, elimination of subslab heating duct systems, disconnecting and redirecting downspouts, and reducing moisture in crawlspaces and basements.
According to the U.S. Fire Safety Administration, each year, more than 150 Americans die from accidental non-fire related carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning from faulty, improperly used or incorrectly vented fuel-burning appliances such as furnaces, stoves, lanterns, water heaters and fireplaces.
"The most common cause of carbon monoxide in a house is faulty heating equipment," Mr. Bellini said, pointing out that cracked or improperly sealed vent pipes from the furnace or boiler could allow carbon monoxide to escape into living areas.
This is due to increased domestic use of gas furnaces, gas or kerosene space heaters, and kitchen stoves during the winter months, which if faulty and/or used without adequate ventilation, may produce excessive carbon monoxide.
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