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Landlords gas safety alert
Tenants' lives are at risk because landlords are failing to provide the right gas safety information, CORGI has revealed.
A third of people living in rented accommodation in Sheffield have never received the basic facts from their landlord on how to keep safe from carbon monoxide poisoning, the home safety company has found.
CORGI's survey asked over 3,000 people about their attitudes towards the maintenance, repair and the dangers of neglected gas appliances.
One in five said they had not received information such as a copy of their boiler safety certificate from their landlord. Tenants are also not being given contact details for a certified tradesperson in case of emergency, or even made aware of the location of their boiler.
More than 20 people die every year from inhaling carbon monoxide in their own homes.
Landlords are advised to install a Corgi safety pack including extinguishers, CO and smoke alarms and a first aid kit.
A Corgi spokesman said: "Failure to supply information raises the risk of CO poisoning."
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