Not only did a smoke detector save the lives of a grandmother and her grandchild, firefighters say, but it was a detector that Vancouver firefighters had installed free in October.
At 12:10 a.m. Wednesday, firefighters were called to 3310 Xavier Ave., near Fruit Valley Park, said Capt. Dave James with the Vancouver Fire Department.
A woman had been sleeping with her baby grandchild with the bedroom’s door closed.
“She had no idea there was a fire until she heard the alarm and opened the bedroom door,” James said. “The whole house was filled with smoke.”