(WALB) – A smoke detector is credited with waking up two people when a fire broke out in their Lee County home around 2:30 Thursday morning.
Firefighters said the fire started in the kitchen of a house in the 100 block of Cherokee Avenue and was caused by grease left cooking on a stove.
Lee County fire officials said two people were inside the house at the time and both escaped unharmed thanks to smoke detectors waking them up.
The Fire Department encourages everyone to make sure they have working smoke alarms in their home because they save lives.
“There’s no doubt smoke alarms save lives, we encourage everyone to have them installed in their houses,” said Fire Chief David Forrester.
Firefighters said that on Sunday, during the time change, is a good time to change the batteries in your smoke alarms.
