Fatal fire at 767 Washington Ave

daily news story on fire

located on Washington between between St. Johns and Sterling

Pregnant woman falls asleep with a cigarette in her mouth.

Another tragic Darwin award nominee.

I woke up this morning around 3:30 and saw two fire trucks on Washington. I knew it was serious because the one closest to Sterling was connected to the hydrant. An hour later, I spotted a news truck (Channel 4?) parked across the street. Scary.

According to the article boyfriend claims she's fallen asleep before with a lit butt so you'd have think she would have learned. Unfortunately this was bound to catch up to her.

It is time to check your smoke and CO2 detectors.

Or purchase one, if you lack one.

whynot_31 said:

It is time to check your smoke and CO2 detectors.

Or purchase one, if you lack one.

It's also time to not smoke if your pregnant, not smoke around children, and not fall asleep with a cigarette in your mouth.

True. I suspect smoke detectors have little impact when the fire is occurring in the bed you are laying in.

They would go off too late.

...primary prevention is always more effective than tertiary.