Four people found dead at home on Christmas Day after suspected carbon monoxide leak

Family members raised the alarm after the four failed to turn up to a Christmas event - (PA Archive)

Four people died in a New Hampshire home on Christmas Day due to suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said.

Police were called to the house in the town of Wakefield around 4:20 p.m. for a welfare check, said New Hampshire State Fire Marshal Sean Toomey. He said that when officers arrived, they found the bodies of four adults.