Deadline nears on Ore. carbon monoxide home alarms

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — A deadline is coming up next month for carbon monoxide alarms in Oregon homes and apartments.

The Albany Democrat-Herald reports that beginning April 1, you can’t sell your house in Oregon if it has a potential carbon monoxide source — like a fuel-burning heater — unless you have first installed a special alarm.

Also by April 1, landlords must provide the alarms in all rental units in buildings containing a possible carbon monoxide source.

The law was adopted by the 2009 legislature, and most of those affected began installing the alarms early.

Carbon monoxide is an invisible, colorless gas created when fuels are incompletely burned. Sources in homes include heaters, fireplaces, furnaces, appliances and cooking sources that use coal, wood or petroleum.

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Information from: Albany Democrat-Herald, http://www.dhonline.com