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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Properly installed smoke detectors are often the first line of defense against a house fire, keeping the homeowner informed and ...

Other than when it starts repeating an ear-piercing chirp to signal the battery needs to be changed, the average person does not give much thought to smoke detectors. They might not be on top of our ...

With the devastating news out of St. Paul about a home fire where four children age five and under died, one child is awake, and one child and the mother remain unconscious, it makes you examine what ...

When it comes to fire safety, complacency can be a killer. People intend to test their smoke detectors monthly, or change their batteries — or even get detectors in the first place. But too many ...

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The American Red Cross is urging residents to test their smoke alarms this weekend as they set their clocks forward for daylight saving time on March 8.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NORTHBROOK, Ill. — Burgers are on the menu ...