A leading charity has called on MPs to warn their constituents about the danger of taking a barbecue inside a caravan, tent or campervan.
Following a series of recent tragedies that have claimed several lives, the Carbon Monoxide Awareness charity says that more must be done to educate the public, and believes that manufacturers should put warnings on barbecues.
Carbon monoxide is given off by barbecues and, despite being both colourless and odourless, is deadly in confined spaces.
The organisation’s president Lynn Griffiths has warned that, even if campers are cold and want the warmth from a barbecue, nobody should ever take a lit barbecue inside a tent or caravan. She added that to do so would be “courting disaster”.
“The public don’t seem to be aware of this and sadly there have been a number of tragedies and several near misses this year,” she said.
Next month, the charity is holding a large event to launch its new “Cosy but Deadly” poster campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the issue.
