Without Smoke Detectors, Bristol Fires Could Have Been Worse
Working smoke detectors alerted residents during two fires in Bristol Township.
Bristol Township Fire Marshal Kevin Dippolito credits working smoke detectors with preventing two possible catastrophes. A working detector and a fast-acting neighbor helped save a house on Grapevine Road in the Goldenridge section of the township from spreading Thursday night. The resident, Dippolito explained, was in shower when a pot of grease on the stove caught the kitchen ablaze. Her neighbor saw the flames and was able to extinguish the fire quickly using an extinguisher. Both the resident, her young child and hero neighbor were uninjured, Dippolito said. A woman sleeping on the sofa in her Schumacher Drive home was awoken by a smoke detector during an afternoon fire in a second incident. Dippolito said the woman, who was unhurt, …
Tom Sofield
7:07 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Good advice! more ›