Sad loss of a young life in Roof Top Tent here in the Kimberley

Reported on thewast.com.au as a 57 year old man who was injured in a roof-top tent at Telegraph Pool on the Fitzroy River.

Died in hospital from burns received in the incident.

Thanks Kurd. theWEST.com.au actually.

Hi Bonz,

Ditto to finding/advising the cause of the fire.

Would a smoke detector have helped?

Condolences to the family.

Regards,
Wayne & Sally.

SDG - was thinking that myself.

My Open-sky could be exited either through the front or back or side windows if needs be in an emergency. All are zippered and large enough to get through..

Hi Phil,

I would say you would be on the money with the 3 way fridge, we know of two people who have lost their vehicles running them on gas in a enclosed enviroment. Three months ago on the Balonne Hwy I stopped a dual cab conversion landcruiser, because of the smoke coming out of the covered in tray. After 3x fire extingushers we watched it, burn to the ground.
And yep the fridge in the back was running on gas all covered by sleeping bags etc, etc,.

Lesson well learned & expensive.

Cheers Steve.

I have a smoke detector in my Troopy (We sleep inside it) and NSW regulations now require all vehicles used to sleep in require smoke alarms.

However the type I used is photoelectric (not ionisation) and it alarms when travelling on dusty roads. Have not had a problem from campfires though, possibly because I keep them well away from the vehicle.

Because of the false-alarms I am going to replace it with an ionisation type and see how that goes.

I certainly feel that it is an essential for any vehicle that is used to sleep in whether it be motorhome, caravan or camper trailer. An electrical fault can produce toxic vapours even without flame and many a car has gone-up due to an electrical fault.