Close Call for Family After Indoor Barbecue Gas Poisoning

A family of five in western Sydney are lucky to be alive after almost succumbing to carbon monoxide poisoning from an outdoor barbecue brought inside to use as a heater. Emergency crews rushed three adults and a child to hospital after the family was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes in their Wentworthville home about 4:15 a.m. on June 29. The family had brought a charcoal barbecue from their balcony indoors to stay warm. However, the poisonous fumes built up inside the unit and left three of the occupants unconscious. Fire crews had to move the family onto the balcony to treat them as carbon monoxide levels inside the unit were more than four times the dangerous limit....