THE daughter of a 60-year old Ballinamallard man, who died, it is believed, from carbon monoxide poisoning, has appealed to people with wood burning stoves to install a toxi fume detector.

The deceased, Ivan Parker, a father of three, lived on his own in Baragh Gardens on the edge of the village.

His daughter, Julie (Beacom) told the Herald the alarm was raised on Saturday last, 1st March, by a friend who had been ringing her father all day.

“The police broke down the door and found my father’s body in the living room.”

She said he had had returned to Ballinamallard 18 months ago after being made redundant by his firm in Surrey.

Reinforcing her appeal, Mrs Beacom, who lives in Ederney, said she too had a wood burning stove and had bought a carbon monoxide detector after the deaths, in 2010, of an Irvinestown couple, Killian and Pauline Scallon.

Mr Scallon, an estate agent, was found dead by relatives at his fume-filled home on the outskirts of Irvinestown. His wife, a retired teacher, was rushed to hospital in a critical condition and died six days later.

Subsequent to that, an Irvinestown restaurant worker, who was a foreign national, died, it is believed, in similar circumstances.

Mrs Beacom said a preliminary finding in her father’s case gave the cause of death as carbon monoxide poisoning.

“It showed some signs of heart disease but this wasn’t the cause of death. He was a perfectly healthy man otherwise.”

Mr Parker, who was Canadian by birth, was born to a Canadian father and a Fermanagh mother. All his three children were born in Fermanagh, Julie, Wendy (Parker) and Greig, both Irvinestown. He had seven grandchildren who he adored.

“After he was made redundant, he decided to come back to Ireland to live. We were lucky to have him home. He bought this wee house in Ballinamallard, and came on over in July, 2012.”