TOPIC: tragic preventable Home Fire

Not sure how many have heard, but a house fire in Charleston WV claimed 8 lives on Friday Evening. 6 of the victims were under the age of 8, having a sleep over. There were two smoke detectors in the two story house, one of which was working but was installed UNDER a kitchen cabinet! I would like to find the news article and put it up on my website somewhere, maybe even a news feed article. Some of you guys may want to research the story, even though it's not in your area, it is a great lesson and something to point out to potential clients.

Michael Clark
www.charleston-home-inspector.com
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That's really sad. Definitely an important thing to put on your site to get the word out.

Mike...

www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/west_v...ouse_fire_kills.html

good article. And City Building Inspectors here have about 1/10 of the credentials of a certified home inspector in this state. I think the results would have been the same even if their "inspector" had completed an inspection. I'm just sayin'. >

Why would a city building inspector go inspect a home for a smoke detector? Would there have needed to be some prior cause? That's just not something that happens out here in California.

I think it may have been a "low income" house, which require city inspections from time to time. I understand it's about a 30 minute inspection, looking at carpet condition, appliances, and maybe run the heater/ac. That's why I said their city inspections are a joke. The presence or absence of smoke detectors would never have been discovered anyway, not by them.