If a gas appliance has been badly fitted or poorly serviced, potential risks include gas leaks, fires, explosions and carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Here’s what to do if you smell gas or suspect it’s CO poisoning.

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It’s crucial to act quickly in a gas emergency. These are the steps you need to take to stay safe:

• Get fresh air immediately; make sure you open all doors and windows to ventilate the area.

• Turn off the gas emergency control valve (also called gas emergency shut off valve) at the meter, unless the meter is located in a basement or cellar or at the LPG bulk tank or storage vessels.

• Extinguish all naked flames and don’t smoke.

• Don’t operate electrical switches (including turning light switches on or off) because this can ignite escaping gas.

• Don’t turn the gas supply on again until it’s been checked by a Gas Safe registered engineer.