Tuesday,
30 April 2024
Check your smoke alarms

STATE fire authorities are calling for people to test their smoke alarms after concerning new data revealed that 14 people died in preventable house fires last year.

Discarded smoking materials, lighters and matches were the most frequent cause of the fires, resulting in five incidents and seven deaths.

There were 11 single fatality incidents and one incident that resulted in the deaths of three p...

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