Vancouver Information and Newspaper

GATINEAU, Que. – Police suspect three people found dead in a home in the western Quebec city of Gatineau succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning.

The bodies of a couple in their 60s and a woman in her 40s were found in the home on Wednesday afternoon in the city’s Buckingham sector.

Neighbours identified the three as Jean-Paul Vallee and his wife, Pauline, and one of their daughters.

Police found a generator in the garage that was out of fuel and still hot.

The area had been hit with a power outage in the hours leading up to the discovery of the bodies.

Police are investigating to see whether the generator was responsible for a release of the odourless, colourless and tasteless gas.

Gatineau police spokeswoman Isabelle Poirier says autopsies are to be performed on the bodies.