SAFETY experts are to target Huddersfield homes in a bid to try and prevent another Dominic Rodgers-type tragedy.

Experts are to visit thousands of homes - starting in the Fartown area next week - to look for problems involving deadly carbon monoxide fumes.

And they have chosen the area where the 10-year-old died tragically in a bid to offer safety advice to householders.

Dominic, of Spaines Road, was killed by the invisible fumes as he slept at his home in February.

Now the new safety drive is being launched and a special conference has been arranged for next week, nine months after the tragic death of the Huddersfield youngster.

Dominic died in his home when deadly carbon monoxide fumes seeped into his bedroom.

Now, his mother, Stacey - who has campaigned vigorously for better awareness of the risks of dangerous fumes - will join experts to try and spread the message still further.

They are to meet officials from the Health and Safety Executive, gas pipeline operator Transco and Kirklees Council's Private Sector Housing Unit.

Experts will answer questions about the risks posed by the gas, which claims many lives every year.

The event has been organised by the Health and Safety Executive.

Other organisations invited to the event include Anchor Housing Trust, Age Concern and ethnic minority leaders.

The event is not open to the public.

Ruth Pattison, of Kirklees, said the intention was to get the message across to as many people as possible.

"We need to do all we can to raise awareness of the risks. It is fair to say that Dominic's tragic death brought carbon monoxide problems sharply into focus.

"The fumes that killed him seeped into his bedroom as he slept.

"We believe there could be 17,000 houses where similar problems could occur in Huddersfield," she added.

"Inspections are planned to check as many as possible over the coming months."