Friday, November 11, 2011

Odd–At the least embarrassing

Firefighters forced to stop handing out smoke alarms after one catches alight ...
Daily Mail
By Chris Brooke Fire services across the UK have been put on alert after fires caused by a popular domestic smoke detector. Two incidents were reported last week involving fires blamed on a new smoke alarm device which had been taken down from the ...
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Daily Mail

Fire services across the UK have been put on alert after fires caused by a popular domestic smoke detector.

Two incidents were reported last week involving fires blamed on a new smoke alarm device which had been taken down from the ceiling because of a low battery warning.

A family in Hull believe a stroke of luck prevented a serious blaze in their house after the Fire Angel detector apparently self-ignited in a newspaper rack in the utility room.

Householder Sharon Gray said her 16-year-old daughter had briefly returned home on the way to sixth form college after a doctor’s appointment and ‘heard a bang'.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2058922/Firefighters-forced-stop-handing-smoke-alarms-catches-alight-nearly-burns-house.html#ixzz1dJbfOyMp

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