What could have been a tragedy for an elderly man in the UK turned out to be quite a remarkable story. What is believed to have been the work of an arson, a four story building was set on fire last Saturday. A 64-year-old deaf man lived in that building and would have slept right through the blaze, but thanks to a vibrating alarm from a company called FireAngel, he was woken up in time to put the fire out himself with only minor injuries due to smoke inhalation.
The firefighters believe that flammable material was put through the mail slot in the apartment, but when the blaze set off an in-bed hear impaired fire alarm the elderly man was able to save the entire building. “He actually put the fire out himself” firefighters stated, “only because he was woken up by the pad.”
You can learn more about the vibrating fire alarm for the hearing impaired at fireangel.co.uk
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