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Fort Worth firefighters to conduct smoke detector drive after fatal fire

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An elderly man living alone died early Friday in a house fire that also killed his dog, fire officials said.
An elderly man living alone died early Friday in a house fire that also killed his dog, fire officials said. Glen E. Ellman Fort Worth Fire Department
FORT WORTH

The Fire Department will conduct a smoke detector drive in response to a fatal fire early Friday on Finley Street.

The department, in partnership with Fort Worth Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 440 and the city’s citizen fire academy, will visit homes in the Riverside neighborhood east of downtown Monday morning.

Participants will visit homes to test alarms, replace batteries if needed and install new alarms.

There were no smoke detectors in the house in the 2800 block of Finley Street where an elderly man and his dog died Friday.

— Dustin L. Dangli

This story was originally published January 31, 2015 at 7:16 PM with the headline "Fort Worth firefighters to conduct smoke detector drive after fatal fire."

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