Kent firefighters fit alarm but blaze teenager sleeps
Firefighters fitted a smoke alarm in a Kent flat but were called back to find the occupant sleeping through a blaze.
Fire teams fitted the alarm in the Folkestone flat on Tuesday after tackling a fire thought to have been caused by a discarded cigarette.
A second fire, thought to have been caused by an electric fault, started in the 18-year-old's bedroom on Saturday.
Neighbours raised the alert and fire crews arrived to find him asleep. Fire teams said the alarm saved his life.
Firefighters woke the man in the first-floor flat in Cheriton Road and put out the blaze which had damaged his bedding.
The man was treated for the effects of smoke inhalation.
Crew manager Andy Batchelor said: "There is absolutely no doubt that the smoke alarm, and the prompt actions by his neighbours, saved this man's life."