Hayes elderly couple poisoned by carbon monoxide

8:26am Thursday 6th September 2012 in News By Robert Fisk

Elderly couple poisoned by carbon monoxide in Hayes home Elderly couple poisoned by carbon monoxide in Hayes home

TWO pensioners were found unconscious in their Hayes home this morning suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.

The man and woman, who are both aged in their 70s, were taken to hospital by ambulance after emergency services were called at around 4am.

Firefighters , including a rescue unit and a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear rapid response team, detected and monitored the level of carbon monoxide in the house in Langley Way.

The crews were there for around two hours.

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paulj says...
4:21pm Thu 6 Sep 12

This story is desperately sad and unfortunately very common. I'm not sure of the answer... perhaps that with buying a house annual checks have to be made mandatory and included into home insurance. Can't be more than a extra fiver a month..? My condolensces x

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Locked & Loaded says...
10:05am Fri 7 Sep 12

Was it a boiler repaired by a chappy wappy in a transit van with a funny number plate

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