The Edmonton family that suffered a carbon monoxide poisoning Friday morning is back home – where they are now scared to be.

The nightmare began early Friday when Hussein Turi came back to his townhouse in the area of 105 Street and 38 Avenue to find his expecting wife and five kids ill. Turi called 911 before becoming ill, too.

Officials determined that while the family slept, the furnace – which the family says stopped working the night before – emitted carbon monoxide.

“I thought we were going to die,” daughter Marisa Ganamo told CTV Edmonton. “The only thing I remember is getting up at 4 to go to the washroom, and I don’t remember anything after that. I just fainted.”

Her brother, Taman Ganamo, said: “I saw her on the ground and then my brother was vomiting too.”

The family who came to Canada from Ethiopia as refugees lives in a government-subsidized home run by Capital Region Housing.

In an interview with CTV News, Capital Region Housing CEO Greg Dewling admitted that the furnace was outdated, and that the lack of a carbon monoxide detector is not the tenant’s responsibility.

Capital Region is installing a new furnace in the Turi household, and they are currently in the process of upgrading equipment in other homes.

“We have identified all the ones that need upgrades once we get provincial and federal funding to upgrade them,” Dewling said. “We will do them as soon as we can.”

Despite being healthy and having a new furnace, the family is scared to be back in their home.

“I’m not sure if it’s safe enough again,” Taman said. “I’m afraid it might happen again.”

With files from Angela Jung