A trial will be scheduled at some point to decide if a Westfall Township inn owner's negligence in not maintaining smoke detectors caused the death of a tenant in a December 2007 fire at the inn. Pike ...

Smoke alarms are great for alerting people that a fire has broken out so they can get out of harm's way and alert the authorities. But what happens if there's no one home when a fire breaks out. Sure, ...

Faulty wiring, overloaded extension plugs and missing smoke detectors are turning everyday homes into life-­threatening hazards, experts warn.

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