POLICE found a woman dead and a man unconscious at a house in Hengoed.

Police were called at around 8am yesterday reporting that two people had been found unconscious at a house on Davies Street, Hengoed, Ystrad Mynach.

A 62-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene and a 63-year-old man has been taken to Prince Charles Hospital where he is in a stable condition.

Police are not treating the incident as suspicious.

They suspect carbon monoxide poisoning but are awaiting further tests to be carried out to confirm this.