{"id":15414,"date":"2017-11-03T20:28:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T20:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15414"},"modified":"2017-11-03T20:28:21","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T20:28:21","slug":"smoke-alarms-save-two-in-overnight-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15414","title":{"rendered":"Smoke alarms save two in overnight house fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

(WALB<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0A smoke detector is credited with waking up two people when a\u00a0fire broke out in their Lee County home around 2:30 Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Lee County fire officials said\u00a0two people were inside the house at the time and both escaped unharmed thanks to smoke detectors waking them up.<\/p>\n

The Fire Department encourages everyone to make sure they have working smoke alarms in their home\u00a0because they save lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt smoke alarms save lives, we encourage everyone to have them installed in their houses,\u201d said Fire Chief David Forrester.<\/p>\n

Firefighters said that on Sunday, during the time change, is a good time to change the batteries in your smoke alarms.<\/p>\n

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