Smoke alarm to prevent more residential fires

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We're only two thirds of the way through winter, but firefighters say this season is shaping up to be a bad one for home fires. With at least 30 known deaths in residential fires already this year, firefighters are getting work in their local communities in a desperate bid to prevent more. A story by Claudia Fahart, SBS News & Produced by RaySel for SBS Tamil.

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