Firefighters from Wilmington Fire Department Engine 4 visited homes Friday in the neighborhoods surrounding 4308 Peachtree Ave., the scene of a fatal house fire on Oct. 22. Going door to door with free smoke alarms in hand, they found a number of homes without the life-saving devices, and an even larger number that had detectors with dead batteries.
Firefighters Hand Out Free Smoke Detectors In Wilmington
By Bill Walsh
Breakingnews@StarNewsOnline.com, Star-News
Sat, 10/25/2014 - 4:50pm
Sections: u.s.
Topics: South Carolina Hanover County Wilmington
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