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lip j economist sunsuntribune news saturday nov 13 2004 nobody home at house fire smoke damage took its toll at two house fires in markham this week on thursday afternoon mark- hams fire and emergency services responded to a 200000 blaze at 18 carr ct near raymerville drive neighbours were alerted to an emergency when they heard fire alarms ringing at the twostorey sin glefamily dwelling deputy chief bill snowball said the neighbours called the fire department just before fire fighters arrived the owner of the house came home this was a serious fire mr snow ball said there was extensive smoke damage to the home cooking oil left- on a stove is the likely cause he said when firefighters arrived at 11 reginald cres at 11 pm wednesday they found two adults both occu pants of the house standing safely on their neighbours front lawn the fire started in a utility room in the basement of the twostorey semi detached home mr snowball said while the cause of the blaze has not been determined damages are estimated at 40000 no injuries were reported in either fire investigations continue into both joan ransberry smoke alarm alert follows fatal blaze rest assured by joan ransberry staff writer at least a quarter of homes in markham and whitchurch- stouffville do not have work ing smoke alarms according to local fire chiefs in the wake of mondays tragic fire in west lincoln that killed a pregnant woman and her seven children markham fire chief don mclean and whitchurchstouffville fire chief tim beckett are remind ing residents of the importance of working smoke alarms every house in ontario should have at least one work ing smoke alarm and it is rec ommended there be a mini mum of one on each level of your home chief beckett said there is no excuse for not having one this tragedy in west lincoln could easily have occurred here if homeowners landlords or tenants are igno rant about installing working smoke alarms during a recent door-to- door alarm blitz in whitchurchstouffville fire and emergency services found 25 per cent of the homes can vassed did not have working smoke alarms chief beckett said the situation is worse in markham the failure rate is higher than 25 per cent here chief mclean said it could be as simple as not putting in a bat tery people are just not main taining their smoke alarms both municipalities are taking measures to protect residents were going out to look for the problem chief mclean said were offering to help people rectify any problems with the alarms well test them and give people advice as to what to do if an alarm is not working the ontario fire code makes it mandatory to have a smoke alarm on each level with sleeping quarters a fine of up to 10000 could be levied for those with out a working smoke alarm chief beckett said wwtchurchstouffville fire and emergency services has installed smoke alarms in peo ples homes if we are aware of a home without a working alarm we will not leave with out first installing 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