A local fire chief is stressing the importance of a working smoke detector after a deadly house fire last week in Springfield.
As reported on News Center 7 at 6:00, the Springfield Fire Department offers free smoke detectors to people who live in the city, and the fire department will also install them.
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Springfield Fire Chief Jacob King told News Center 7’s Taylor Robertson that they team up with the American Red Cross to do this. Nearly every fire department across the country has that available.
As previously reported byNews Center 7, an 8-year-old boy died after a house fire in Springfield. King previously said that the home did not have working smoke detectors…