NSW Fire + Rescue commenting recently how smoke alarms made the difference in a life or death situation. Read the full article.
Recently-installed smoke alarms have saved the lives of a family of 10 during an overnight house fire at Macquarie Fields in Sydney’s south-west.
Three Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) trucks and 12 firefighters initially responded to the blaze in the two-level house around 2.15 this morning.
They called in another two fire trucks and crews as the fire took hold of the home.
FRNSW crews visited the property just last week and carried out a fire safety inspection, installing two new smoke alarms to protect the family.
Those smoke alarms activated overnight, waking the family during the fire and allowing it to escape unharmed.
Six people self-evacuated from the house and another four family members exited a granny flat on the property.
https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/incident.php?record=recUjpb7x7ihRb1MQ
