A great-grandmother's life was saved by a fire alarm last week which woke her from her sleep in time to escape a fire that gutted her home.
The family of Kathleen Weldon are now urging people to ensure their alarms are working after the blaze destroyed the house and all the memories and possessions of the 86-year-old.
Kathleen was napping in her armchair in the sitting room at her home in Mulhussey, Co Meath when she was woken by the alarm and met with thick black smoke coming from her living room after 4pm last Thursday.
