A family has been taken to hospital with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning after using a barbecue inside their tent in Cornwall, England.
The family of five decided to use their barbecue to cook breakfast inside their tent after it started to rain outside.
TheLADbible reports:
Five people have been treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after becoming ill when they chose to cook their breakfast inside the tent due to the bad weather.
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Firefighters and South Western Ambulance service arrived around 9.20am to the tent pitched close to the B3266, north of Camelford, Cornwall.
A Cornwall Fire and Rescue spokesman said: “It appears that breakfast was being cooked on a barbecue outside the tent.
“When it started to rain, the barbecue was taken inside the tent to continue the cooking.
“After a relatively short time, two of the occupants became unwell, prompting the call to the ambulance service.
“In total, a family of five people were conveyed to hospital by ambulance to be checked for the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning.”
It is dangerous to take a smouldering or lit BBQ into a tent, caravan or cabin.
