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Generator fumes caused deaths

A mother and her 10-year-old daughter died after being poisoned by carbon monoxide fumes as they slept on a moored boat on Lake Windermere, according to the initial findings of a marine accident investigation.

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Police: Deaths not being treated as suspicious

A 39-year-old man who survived the Windermere boat incident remains in Royal Lancaster Infirmary receiving treatment today.

Cumbria police confirmed that it is not treating the deaths of a mother and her young daughter who were on the boat as suspicious:

Police are not treating the deaths as suspicious, and it is suspected that the deaths were caused by some form of gas poisoning.

Inquiries continue to be conducted by officers on behalf of the coroner.

– Cumbria Police statement

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