IN CASE YOU FORGET WHY YOU SHOULDN'T BBQ INDOORS....

FROM Seattle Pi blogs - December 14th, 2009

Fumes from barbecue grill used inside send 9 to hospital

Lynnwood authorities say nine people had to be taken to the hospital for possible symptoms of carbon-monoxide poisoning after a charcoal-burning grill was used to heat an apartment.

Lynnwood firefighters responded to an apartment in the 5900 block of 204th Street Southwest early Sunday. A 3-year-old boy woke up making noses and struggling to breathe.

The toddler and his parents were taken to Virginia Mason Hospital, where staff treated them in a hyperbaric chamber because they showed signs of carbon-monoxide poisoning. They were released later Sunday. Two other adults in who also lived in the apartment and four people who lived above the unit were taken to a hospital for evaluation Sunday and released.

Police have yet to establish why the family was using the grill for heat. But authorities note that you should never use a generator, grill, camp stove or other gasoline, propane, natural gas or charcoal-burning devices inside a home, garage, basement, crawlspace or any partially enclosed area. The unit should be away from doors, windows and vents to keep carbon monoxide from coming indoors.
You can also install carbon-monoxide alarms in your home.