Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Perranwell Station, Truro at 13/06/2004 03:25

Appliances from Falmouth and Truro were mobilised on receipt of this call, on arrival there was found to be a fire in the kitchen, firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used a hosereel to extinguish the fire, and then proceeded to ventilate the property. The occupants of the property who placed the 999 call to Fire Control were awakened by hearing the smoke alarm.

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Why smoke alarms?
On average 270 of the people killed in accidental fires each year don’t have a smoke alarm.
Half of the deaths in home fires happen between 10pm and 8am.
A quarter of all people who die in home fires are asleep at the time.
Over the last five years, more than 70 people have been killed every year because their smoke alarms didn’t work – usually because the battery was flat or missing.