A carbon monoxide detector can be credited for saving 13 lives this weekend in Oxford County. A group of girl guides from Ingersoll were on a winter camping trip at Camp Shegardaynou near Princeton, when the CO detector went off in their camp. The four adults quickly got the 9 girls dressed and left the building to call 911. 11-year-old Tory Johnstone said it was a scary situation, at first, "I was really nervous, considering what happened to Laurie Hawkins. I was pretty nervous." Blandford-Blenheim fire crews showed up, and sure enough detected a high presence of Carbon Monoxide. Group leader Amy Boddy says the cause is still being looked at. "There was an unlit pilot on the stove that wasn't staying lit. They think that could have contributed. There was also an issue with the damper on the wood stove. Those problems are being looked at. Thank god the camp had a detector there, and we were able to get out." Boddy says it's just the latest example of the need for mandatory CO detectors is all buildings. "It's a lesson learned for us, we'll definitely be checking everywhere we take the girls, and our families. If it wasn't there, we're not confident we would have made it home to our families this weekend."
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