Households across Merseyside are being warned by fire chiefs a simple check could save lives should a "traumatic experience" happen.
According to Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, you are eight times more likely to die in a fire in the home if you do not have a working smoke alarm. But simply just having one working smoke alarm often is not enough, as MFRS said checks must be made.
Despite 95% of homes having at least one working smoke alarm, smoke alarms only alerted householders to just one in every three fires in the home in England. The most common reason for a smoke alarm failing to activate was because the fire was outside of its range.
