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Dallas Fire Says All Smoke Alarms Should Have Battery Backup

A cold night means another log on the fire in Tim Rutledge’s Forest Lane apartment. It would have been a risky decision just two months ago, when the building across from his burned and the smoke detectors were not even working.

2013/01/01

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CBS 11 Investigates: A Warning About Your Smoke Detector

If you have a smoke alarm in your home, you hope — and assume — it will go off in the case of a fire. But we’ve learned the most common detector out there — the one you likely have — might not warn you in time to save your family.

CBS 11–2012/11/08

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