A discarded cigarette from careless smoking is the cause of the three-alarm fire at the Pine Hill Mansions that left dozens of people displaced on Tuesday, Nov. 12, officials confirmed.

Trish Clark shook with nerves as she listened to the beeping machine. But she wasn’t at the hospital undergoing tests, she was being forced to take a lie detector test by the man she loved.

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It’s comparable to the way we test smoke detectors, exposing them to flaming fires and smoldering, smoky fires to see how well they handle both. Most detectors need to be hardwired, battery ...

This is Fire Prevention Week, which is a good time to resurface a sobering statistic: Three out of five fire deaths happen in homes with either no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.

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He noted that 95 per cent of fire deaths occur within homes, and data from the United States indicate that three out of every five deaths occur in homes without smoke detectors. Or if the homes ...

PELHAM, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - As firefighters work to battle a multitude of brush fires in our area, we headed to the top of a fire tower to speak with the crews who know best. In a time of elevated ...

Checking and changing your smoke detector batteries is easy to do—the hard part is actually remembering to do so ... Once you start hearing that dreaded "chirping" noise, signaling that the battery is ...

Replacing smoke alarm batteries can be a hassle. It always seems that just as soon as you've installed fresh ones, the low-battery warning is beeping at you again. Many homeowners wonder why their ...

Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms were installed in North Lawrence homes during an "alarm blitz" on Oct. 12, 2024. In a recent “alarm blitz,” the American Red Cross and Lawrence-Douglas County ...

Test your smoke alarms monthly: Make a habit of testing your smoke detector once a month to ensure it's operational. Have a hard time remembering? Set an alert on your phone. Change batteries as ...