Posted: Wed 1st Apr 2020

Young Anglesey family has lucky escape from flat fire

North Wales news and information
This article is old - Published: Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2020

A young family from Anglesey has had a lucky escape from a flat fire despite not having a working smoke alarm.

Three fire crews were called to a property in Isallt Lodges, Trearddur Bay at 2.14am this morning.

The residents, who were a man and women with their young child, were woken up by a baby monitor which was low on power.

The dad then became aware of the fire and got his family out in time.

The incident commander, Mike Plant, said: “The occupants were extremely fortunate that one of the residents was awoken by a baby monitor, which was designed to make a beeping sound in the event of loss of power.

“The father then smelled smoke and soon realised that the external fuse box was well alight and fire was spreading to the flat. He then evacuated his family and raised the alarm.

“I cannot stress highly enough how fortunate this young family were on this occasion, and urge everyone to ensure that they have working smoke alarms, and regularly test them to ensure that they are working.

“Please help us to reduce demand during this time. Three crews were required at this incident and if a smoke alarm had been installed the fire could have been detected and extinguished much earlier.”



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