“I had four minutes”: fire survivor warns community about the importance of working smoke alarms

DUNNVILLE—In the early hours of March 1, 2025, John Taylor awoke to the sound of his smoke alarm. It was a noise he had heard before, often dismissed as a false alarm caused by bugs or dust.  This time, it was different.  As he opened his bedroom door, he was met with suffocating smoke. Within minutes, his home, a place…