Smoke alarms saved a man’s life at Plymouth, Jamaica
Smoke alarms saved a man’s life when his New Plymouth home caught fire on Tuesday morning.
Fire investigator Matt Crabtree said, after being woken by the alarms, the man, who was home alone at the time, escaped his burning house and ran to his neighbour’s to phone for help around 6 am.
When crews arrived, they could see flames leaping from the upper storey bedroom area of the Tukapa St home.
St John Ambulance was called as a precaution but not needed.
The fire was extinguished within about 20 minutes, but crews were still dampening down hotspots hours later.
There was “substantial damage” to the home, Crabtree said.
Two crews from New Plymouth, one from Oakura and an operational support vehicle were called to the scene.
“If he hadn’t had smoke alarms, we would have lost a life,” Crabtree said.
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