By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent
The three people who died of suspected carbon monoxide in Cornwall have been named locally as John and Audrey Cook, and their daughter, Maureen.
John Cook, 90, and his 86-year-old wife Audrey died on Saturday along with their 46-year-old daughter, Maureen, in their static home in Camborne, Cornwall.
They were found dead along with a pet dog after a neighbour called in to help the elderly couple.
Devon and Cornwall Police are not treating the deaths as suspicious but it is thought a faulty appliance may be to blame.
Audrey and John Cook Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless gas that claims around 50 lives a year and leaves some 200 people seriously ill.
Neighbour Julie Taylor told Sky News how, within hours of hearing of the tragedy, she went out and bought two carbon monoxide alarms: "It's just absolutely devastating.
"Having seen it in the neighbourhood and myself living on my own I went out straightaway and bought them.
"It is frightening, you can't hear it, you can't see it, you can't smell it - it is the silent killer."
The Cook family had lived on the peaceful Tremarle Home Park for many years and were well known to neighbours.
Neighbour Andrew Stevenson said he was "very, very shocked."
Mr Stevenson was himself a victim of carbon monoxide poisoning in the 1990s when his chimney became blocked.
He told Sky News it was only his parents' decision to open a window that saved his life. "We were very very lucky. I got out and we worked out eventually what caused it.
"It felt like someone had given me a head cold and then I got up in the early hours of the morning and it felt like somebody had rugby tackled me but there was nobody there."
He added: "You need to have a carbon monoxide tester even if it is a basic one - it is the invisible killer."
The alarm was raised at the caravan park near Camborne where they were living just before 1pm on Saturday after the couple's helper was unable to reach them.
Firefighters broke into the caravan and found the bodies inside.
Inspector David Eldridge of Devon and Cornwall Police said: "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."
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