Looks like the folks were pretty lucky.
(broken link removed to http://wabi.tv/2016/01/07/chimney-fire-destroys-a-monson-home/)
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I got frustrated a little while back that all my smokes seemed to take different batteries so I ordered 5 new ones from Amazon.
Easy to do, they were getting old, affordable peace of mind.
Exactly how old are they ...,it's been a long time since I've seen smoke detectors use anything but 9 volts.
I can kind of see the no smoke detectors, I'm 35 and grew up in a house without them, I'm not sure when they became commonplace or law but if it was an older person that has lived in the house forever I could definitely see them not having them either for lack of knowing any better or being "old school" and saying "pfffttt I'll smell the smoke" I still don't think my folks have smoke detectors despite me telling them numerous times that they should get them...............now I'm thinking I will buy some and put them up for them.
You don't even have to mess with batteries anymore. They have ones now with a 10 year battery in it. Even if it lasts 9 years, that's a lot of batteries you aren't changing.
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