Never saw this one coming.

A home in Mahwah,New Jersey went up in flames after a smoke alarm short circuited and fell from the ceiling into a pile of clothes.
Am I the only one that finds this to be incredibly ironic.
I remember when I was younger this commercial used to come on it said
" Fire alarms save lives". Definitely not in this case.

you can read more about the fire in the article below.



MAHWAH - A malfunctioning smoke detector started a fire Thursday in a Franklin Crossings condominium, police said.

The homeowner called 911 just after 2 p.m., when he heard a smoke alarm go off and found heavy smoke and visible flames in a second-story room. Mahwah firefighters responded, with the help of the Ramsey Fire Department, and extinguished the blaze in about 20 minutes.

A specially trained fire investigator with the Mahwah Police Department found that a smoke detector in a second-story room had short-circuited and fallen from the ceiling, igniting a pile of clothes below, Mahwah police Lt. Bruce Kuipers said.

The only resident of the home, a man in his 70s, was not injured. No other units in the complex were damaged.

- Allison Pries