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Cheryl Goodenough

Woman admits smoke alarm failure after fatal house fire

Five young boys and their father died in the blaze. (Russell Freeman/AAP PHOTOS)

A fine of $667.25 seems a "pittance" after a house fire killed a father and five children.

But it was the maximum penalty a magistrate could impose on Donna Rose Beadel for failing to install compliant smoke alarms.

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