Two found dead in rv

rockhillmanor wrote:

Carbon Monoxide is a odorless, colorless gas that will kills by replacing the oxygen in your body. It is produced from a lot of sources, mainly unvented gas flames or heaters. In this case, if the burner was left on as they say, the flame wold produce carbon Monoxide, then after a period, the gas would run out and the flame would die. a bit of residual gas could have produced some odor, but not enough to disturb two people who were already dead from Carbon Monoxide.

According to the police they did NOT die from carbon monoxide poisoning from a lit stove.
""....The preliminary investigation indicates that one of the propane gas stove burners inside the RV had been left on accidentally. Police said there was a

strong odor of gas inside the RV.

...""

If they smelled gas it was because the stove knob was turned on and NOT lit.

I have been RV'ing for eons, consider myself a well seasoned safe RV'er. To this day I will not turn the furnace on or stove without opening a window in an RV. IMHO just too dangerous an accident waiting to happen in a confined space.

YET. I loaded up my MH quickly at a sporting event that moved to another venue for the next day. So I just shoved all my stuff in the kitchen area knowing I would be unloading it as soon as I moved to the next CG venue that evening.

As I posted earlier the smell increased inside my MH and everyone said it was coming from the gray tank, concentrated smell down in the sink.

Thank God it was a windy day and I had all the windows opened waiting for mobile repair. It's the only reason I am alive today. AND the fact that I am a smoker but do not smoke IN my MH!!!:E

When I put all my storage tubs inside that day in the kitchen area I stacked 2 of them and while driving to the next CG the top one moved up against the stove and turned the burner on. The rest is history.

So IMHO it can happen to anyone, anytime. RV stove knobs need to be redesigned so they are harder to turn the gas on. Especially since
WE have to manually light them after the gas IS turned on.

No one there to light it after the gas is on and it becomes a deadly situation.

Do we really need to bicker about whether it was an open flame that either smothered itself (either by consuming the oxygen in an enclosed space or by running the propane low) or they simply bumped a propane burner by accident? I'm sure the authorities in the area will work that out if need be.

They died. Most of us pay pretty good attention to safety in these matters. Maybe a little more now.