Port Colborne working on plan to hand out free smoke detectors
By CKTB News
Port Colborne officials want to make sure the city never experiences another devastating fire like the one last December that claimed the lives of four people at a home on Nickel Street.
Port Colborne officials want to make sure the city never experiences another devastating fire like the one last December that claimed the lives of four people at a home on Nickel Street.
The city and its fire department are working on a campaign that will see smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors handed out for free to people who can't afford them.
Fire chief Tom Cartwright says they have received $1700 in donations to help kick start the plan.
Regional Chair Alan Caslin contributed a thousand dollars from money raised during his charity golf tournament.
The December fire claimed the lives of four members of the Burd family, including two children aged 15 and two.