Pardes - so glad you didn't have a serious fire.

Everyone - make certain you mark your calendars to replace the batteries in your smoke detectors annually! October was fire prevention month, so that's as good a month as any.

First Alert makes pretty good smoke detectors. I'm one of those that doesn't like them hard wired into your house, unless it's by an alarm company, and all should have battery back up. Which brings us back to replacing the batteries annually.

(resume includes being a firefighter....)