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Article: Firefighters say smoke alarm saved lives after fire broke out in house
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- Express & Echo (Exeter UK)
- Article date:
- October 2, 2007
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Firefighters today said a smoke alarm probably averted tragedy
after a blaze tore through a city home.
Five people escaped uninjured from the fire at a house in Maple
Road, St Thomas.
One of the group was forced to jump from a first floor window of
the property after fire broke out shortly before 7am yesterday.
Firefighters said a smoke alarm had alerted the occupants to the
blaze at the end-of-terrace property, made up of two flats and three
bedsits.
One person was treated at the scene for cuts and bruises and two
were taken to hospital suffering from the effects of breathing in
smoke.
One resident had gone to work and the other four, as well as a
couple of girlfriends, managed to get out ...