Smoke Detector Might Have Prevented Death
MILWAUKEE - Boarded up windows hide the damage at a house at 6th and Clarke. A man was killed in the fire on Saturday, and firefighters are asking whether this all could have been prevented.
It's a story that we hear too often. A fire breaks out in a home. No working smoke detector. The result: a man dies due to smoke inhalation.
"We urge all mothers, fathers, grandparents, and landlords to have working smoke detectors in all city of Milwaukee homes," said Dave Seager of the Milwaukee Professional Firefighters Association.
Back in 2006, the same home was consumed by flames. Firefighters were able to save everyone inside the home.
"At both structure fires, the absence of working smoke detectors played major roles. This, unfortunately, is the second fire fatality of the short new year," Seager said.
It's a message firefighters say can't be repeated enough. The firefighters union and Alderman Bob Donovan also suggested cutbacks to ladder crews could have affected the response to the fire.
"Could they have saved this man's life? I don't know. But I'm not willing to take risk any longer," Ald. Donovan said.
Donovan says he is working on legislation to provide funding to restore the ladder crew.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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