My neighbor and her daughter are dead for lack of batteries in smoke detectors [View all]

[ehrnst]

At 4:30 on Tuesday morning, we awoke to sirens up the block. We found out later the horrific story of the neighbors whose house caught fire. The father, 11 year old daughter and the mother got out, but the mother went back in to get the 7 year old.

The mother and 7 year old never made it back out. The neighbors awoke to their screams.

The fire department determined that the smoke detectors did not work due to lack of batteries.

My son knew the daughter, as did other neighborhood kids. He's been hugging me a lot, and asking about our smoke detector.

Please, please, please - check your smoke detectors. I can't imagine what the father is going through and will go through thinking about how this could have been prevented.

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/11/2-killed-in-house-fire-in-arlington-108720.html