Halifax Fire asks residents to check smoke alarms in wake of fatal January house fires

Halifax Fire asks residents to check smoke alarms in wake of fatal January house fires

Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency will release more information about the investigations into two fatal house fires in January.

Fatal fires in Lower Sackville, Dartmouth deemed accidental; no operating smoke alarms found

By Paige Dillman, NSCC Journalism student interning at The Laker News LOWER SACKVILLE: A pair of fatal fires in Lower Sackville and the Dartmouth areas have been deemed electrical as the cause and accidental in nature. However, there are lessons that can be learned, Halifax Fire officials say in releasing their findings from both calls.  The fires occurred in January, one at a residence on Riverside Dr in Lower Sackville, and another on Thompson…