Kenneth Roberts, 42, and his 12-year-old son Mekhi have died after non-working smoke detectors failed to alert them of a fire in their New York apartment.

A father and son died in an overnight fire on Long Island. Kenneth Roberts, 42, and his son Mekhi, 12, were trapped in intense smoke inside a basement apartment.

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EASTON, Pa. - Are your smoke detectors working? If you're not sure, the Easton Fire Department will check and install them for free. "Typically, when the clocks change is when you check your batteries ...

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Smoke alarms sold on Amazon are being recalled after the company found they could be a fire hazard. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wrote in a Feb. 12 statement that the recall ...

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A Chinese company has recalled thousands of photoelectric smoke detectors that may not work. The 11,000 LShome smoke detectors were sold on Amazon from February 2024 through December 2025 for about ...