Family 'lucky to be alive' after gas checks find carbon monoxide leak
Here are the signs to look out for if you suspect a carbon monoxide leak
Holly O'Flinn
Thousands of homes in Saxilby were left without gas last week causing major disruption over the bank holiday weekend.
But for one family, they are thanking the problems, after it meant Cadent engineers discovered carbon monoxide had been leaking into their home - which may well have saved their lives.
It found the leak had been going on for weeks and was the reason the family had been feeling unwell.
Mum Zoe Cliff told BBC Radio Lincolnshire: "They said if it was not in the garage, we would have died.
"We went to the doctor [before they knew about the leak] as there were a lot of flu-like symptoms going around. We felt quite light headed and fuzzy headed and the children were feeling the same.
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"My husband works away so when he came home at the weekend, he would say he had got a headache and fuzzy head.
"I would go to sleep on an afternoon. I mean we all like Nanna naps but it was more like I had to go to sleep.
"Since the gas has been turned off, none of us have been poorly."
Zoe said when the engineer explained to her what had been going on, she burst into tears.
Signs to look out for the silent killer
Amanda O'Shea told the BBC: "If you're feeling unwell in your house, do your symptoms lessen when you're out of the property? That could be one indication there's a problem internally. It's worth getting your appliances checked.
"The advice I would give is know what the symptoms are. So, headaches, breathlessness and nausea can result in collapses, dizziness and in extreme cases, loss of consciousness. They are the signs to look out for."
The boiler was in her garage, but she was told that if it had been in the kitchen or hallway, it would have been all around the house and "could have been a different matter".
"It was frightening," she told the BBC.
"Thank god the gas went off in Saxilby."
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Amanda O'Shea from Cadent told the BBC: "It's a real relief we managed to identify this problem.
"It's really fortunate we are able to identify other issues while we are out there."