Intruder in van whilst sleeping

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Tain Ross-Shire Scotland
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Lunar. Champ 591
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We were in Carcassonne last week on a camping car aire and about 3.40 in the morning we were robbed, the thief must of been fully in our motor home to reach the table where our two phones and one laptop were, the laptop was hidden behind the back of the bench seat (the m/h is rear fixed bed) he also opened my wife’s bag and removed €500. We slept through the whole thing
(Neither of us drink so I can’t blame that) I could not believe how easy it was to pick the lock (driver’s door) just a slight dent on the key hole. My question is and it’s a bit of horse and stable door thing how good are the Fiamma door locks or should I make some sort of dead lock inside and beef up the habitation door lock or locks. I don’t want to use a ratchet strap between doors I was thinking more of a simple hook and eye and some proprietary locks for the habitation door. Sorry for the long winded post.
 
Think if the van explodes, any occupants are pretty well doomed irrespective of locks etc.

If a fire, then hopefully the smoke detector alerts the occupants who can escape in time. Thankfully most soft furnishings etc in modern vans will be suitably fore retardant to limit spread - but housekeeping and basic fore safety is in the occupants gift?

Clearly ash trays, tee lights, amateur electrical or gas installations, explosives, wood burners etc should be carefully monitored.
 
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