Alarming figures over gas

By The Newsroom

Published 19th Jan 2010, 09:30 BST

Updated 19th Jan 2010, 10:28 BST

MORE than eight in 10 households do not have an audible carbon monoxide alarm.

Research into 1,915 adults as part of the Carbon Monoxide – Be Alarmed! campaign has shown 81 per cent do not have an audible alarm to alert them to a leak of the poisonous gas which can be emitted by faulty boilers, cookers and other fuel burning appliances.