Boy hospitalized after ninth fire in a week

Read storyBahamians need to be less careless when it comes to fire, an official said after reporting the ninth fire in a week.

Fire Services Administrator Bradley Knowles said most fires are caused by carelessness.

A ten-year-old boy was taken to hospital after helping his mother put out a fire in their home on Wednesday afternoon.

It was the ninth structural fire reported in a week and the tenth call that unit of firefighters responded to that day, police reported.

Knowles said smoke detectors are essential for better fire prevention and advised placing them in a hallway near bedrooms.

In the kitchen and outside the bathroom are not good spots, he said, since smoke from cooking and steamy showers could lead to false alarms.

The Nassau Guardian

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