NORTHBOROUGH — A man was killed in an early morning fire Friday inside a Maple Street apartment where a fire official said a lack of smoke alarms allowed the blaze to spread unchecked throughout the building. The fire started in the victim’s apartment unit, the chief said. Firefighters found just one smoke alarm throughout the house, in the basement. Parente said the house should have had a hard-wired smoke alarm in every common area, including all hallways, as well as battery-operated smoke alarms in each apartment unit. “The lack of smoke detectors allowed the fire to get ahead of us,” said Parente.

Source: MetroXpress September 10, 2021 12:11 UTC