Home fire causes $600K in damages but no injuries, thanks to working smoke alarms

“It’s still the same old story…”, so the song goes. In the case of working smoke alarms, the story is most often the same: smoke alarms save lives. In the case of a recent Burlington, ON, home fire, that life-saving story played out when the smoke alarm started sounding at about 8:30pm. Upon investigating, the family found both cars in the garage fully engulfed by fire, while flames had spread to the second floor and roof above the garage. Damage to the home was extensive, estimated at $600,000, but no one was hurt. Without the proper warning from working smoke...