Three dead in tragic gas poisoning accident
Gas detection equipment might have saved the lives of the three people who died in a Cornwall gas poisoning accident recently.
The lives of three people who died in a recent Cornwall gas poisoning accident may have been spared had an effective gas detection system been in place.
John Cook, 90, his wife Aurdey, 86, and their daughter Maureen, 46, died along with their pet dog from what was believed to be carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning at their static caravan in Camborne.
According to Sky News, Devon and Cornwall Police are blaming the deaths on a faulty appliance, which let the 'silent killer' fumes overwhelm the family.
With around 50 deaths per year resulting from CO poisoning, the odourless and colourless gas is a serious problem in the UK.
It comes from the inefficient burning of fossil fuels and can be created in any system in which the combustion of coal, wood, gas, oil or other carbon-based materials takes place.
The news provider spoke to neighbour Julie Taylor, who described the deaths as "absolutely devastating".
She explained that she has now purchased gas detection equipment to protect herself from a similar fate.
"Having seen it in the neighbourhood and myself living on my own I went out straight away and bought them," Ms Taylor said.
"It is frightening, you can't hear it, you can't see it, you can't smell it - it is the silent killer."
Meanwhile, a 58-year-old psychiatric nurse recently told the Express how she has narrowly escaped death carbon monoxide poisoning twice after faulty boilers allowed the gas to seep into her home.
Posted by Dawn Mitchell