Has anyone died of Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning at a festival?

[cheeseisamazing]

So was reading around the reading site and for shits and giggles i thought i'd read the begginers section (guide for first timers) and came across this:

Carbon Monoxide

To help revellers stay safe and have fun, NHS Choices - the health information website for the NHS - and Gas Safe Register – the government approved gas registration body – have published separate safety guides offering practical tips on how to stay festival safe when using disposable barbecues or any type of camping stove.

Never take a portable barbecue – or lit charcoal – into an enclosed space like a tent or caravan. Make sure exhaust from generators is properly vented away from occupied areas Carbon Monoxide (CO) is a colourless, odourless, highly poisonous gas that can kill in minutes. Carbon Monoxide poisoning can be caused by ANY fuel that burns or smoulders.

Watch out for the symptoms – • Mild headache • Dizziness • Nausea • Vomiting • Fatigue • Drowsiness •

My first thought that its just in there due to the governments new crackdown on getting CO monitors fitted in homes, but then the scientist inside me thought i'd better ask some people

So does anyone know if anyone has died of Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning at a festival? (or i suppose just generally camping in a tent)

[cheeseisamazing]

Also did enjoy

Don't bring:

Any bad or anti-social behaviour with you which is a shame as I've been stocking this up for years...

and the new 'Sex' section partiucallry this beautifully written

Play it safe and always use a condom. If you forget to bring any with you to keep in your tent then the Welfare tent have some spares.

which makes it sound like your getting a second hand jonny...

If you meet someone new make sure your friends meet him and that they know exactly where you are going with hims up for years...

Reading clearly haven't watched this show

[the wonderwhy]

The carbon monoxide bit is probably in relation to the person (think it was a young girl) that died earlier this year whilst camping with her family. They took a disposable BBQ into the tent, so guess Reading have been told they've got to put it on there?

[kaosmark2]

So was reading around the reading site and for shits and giggles i thought i'd read the begginers section (guide for first timers) and came across this:

Carbon Monoxide

To help revellers stay safe and have fun, NHS Choices - the health information website for the NHS - and Gas Safe Register – the government approved gas registration body – have published separate safety guides offering practical tips on how to stay festival safe when using disposable barbecues or any type of camping stove.

Never take a portable barbecue – or lit charcoal – into an enclosed space like a tent or caravan. Make sure exhaust from generators is properly vented away from occupied areas Carbon Monoxide (CO) is a colourless, odourless, highly poisonous gas that can kill in minutes. Carbon Monoxide poisoning can be caused by ANY fuel that burns or smoulders.

Watch out for the symptoms – • Mild headache • Dizziness • Nausea • Vomiting • Fatigue • Drowsiness •

My first thought that its just in there due to the governments new crackdown on getting CO monitors fitted in homes, but then the scientist inside me thought i'd better ask some people

So does anyone know if anyone has died of Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning at a festival? (or i suppose just generally camping in a tent)

[cheeseisamazing]

wow. cheers for the reply guys, i did not know that...

[Andy0808 v3.0]

We can't bring anti-social behaviour? just ordered mine on ebay for next years fest.. fuck sake

[Andre91]

I saw a guy at Leeds '10 on his hands and knees inhaling the exhaust fumes from an ice cream van, thought it was f**king hilarious

[Mouseboy11]

I saw a guy at Leeds '10 on his hands and knees inhaling the exhaust fumes from an ice cream van, thought it was f**king hilarious

[Andre91]

Bloody northerner was probably not used to the fresh air of open fields

[eFestivals]

So does anyone know if anyone has died of Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning at a festival? (or i suppose just generally camping in a tent)

at the last stonehenge festival - so i guess that was in 1983 - someone died in a tent when a gas canister they were changing exploded (I'm guessing there was a naked flame inside the tent to make it happen).

Deaths due to camping accidents is a fairly regular occurrence, tho I'm not aware of one having happened at a festival since that Stonehenge accident. But there was a family that died this summer in their tent (opmn a regular campasite, not a fest) so I'm guessing that's why there's an current NHS push about it.

[LondonTom]

If you meet someone new make sure your friends meet him and that they know exactly where you are going with hims up for years...

Edited December 3, 2012 by LondonTom

[hot_ice]

I thought i remembered seeing one article some where

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-16521761

[Dead throne]

I did.

I got better

[cheeseisamazing]

Bit sexist? What about all the psychopathic girls out there?!

[LondonTom]

I reffer you to this http://images1.fanpo...228_750_600.jpg

Edited December 5, 2012 by LondonTom