Cornwall caravan park ‘carbon monoxide poisoning’ family named

A family died in their static caravan, not the one pictured, in Cornwall from suspected carbon monoxide.

An elderly couple and their daughter found dead at a Cornwall residential caravan park in a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning have been named locally.

John and Audrey Cook, aged 90 and 86, and their daughter, Maureen, 46, were found by emergency services, who arrived at the site near Camborne at around 1pm on Saturday after the couple’s helper was unable to contact them.

Firefighters broke into the static caravan at Tremarle Home Park, North Roskear, where they found the bodies of all three along with their pet dog.

Inspector David Eldridge of Devon and Cornwall Police said: ‘Shortly before 1pm this afternoon we were called to a caravan park near Camborne in Cornwall, where a helper had been unable to get a reply from an elderly couple who lived in the caravan.

‘We were able to see that there was a figure sat in a chair but they were unresponsive to knocks at the door.

‘Cornwall Fire and Rescue were called. They forced entry into the property and found that the three occupants were all dead.’

Camborne Town Council member David Biggs described the incident as an ‘appalling tragedy’.

Mr Biggs said he was shocked to hear of the deaths.

‘Tremarle Park is a residential caravan site and has provided homes for people for many years. It’s a well established facility and is very well run.

‘It was a shock to learn that three people have died there,’ he said.

Stephanie Trotter, president and director of the independent charity CO-Gas Safety, said carbon monoxide was an incredibly lethal gas, adding that less than 2 per cent of CO (carbon monoxide) can kill in between one and three minutes.