article_snippet.sent: Tests showed the family had suffered carbon monoxide poisoning.
article_snippet.sent: The cause was identified as the gas-fired hot water boiler in an outhouse next to the bedrooms.
article_snippet.sent: Third, a crude hole in the outhouse internal wall enabled fumes to pass into the bedrooms.
article_snippet.sent: a crude hole in the outhouse internal wall has been made for air conditioning pipes, but had not been sealed.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Magner said tests showed a ‘massive’ concentration of carbon monoxide and the children were hardest hit because the children room was closest to the source.