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NewsMarch 16, 2007

A smoke detector saved the life of a Fruitland woman Friday morning, fire officials said. A woman was alone in the upstairs bathroom of her Kyle Street home about 7:30 a.m. when she heard the alarm from her smoke detector, said Fruitland Fire District chief Dean Riley. According to Riley, she opened the door to find the second floor hallway filled with smoke...

A smoke detector saved the life of a Fruitland woman Friday morning, fire officials said.

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A woman was alone in the upstairs bathroom of her Kyle Street home about 7:30 a.m. when she heard the alarm from her smoke detector, said Fruitland Fire District chief Dean Riley. According to Riley, she opened the door to find the second floor hallway filled with smoke.

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