Mandatory smoke/CO detectors moving forward

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HARTFORD -- Single-family homes would be required to have smoke and carbon monoxide detectors outside bedrooms and between floors under legislation that was approved 18-5 Thursday by the Legislature's Public Safety and Security Committee on its deadline day.

Prompted by the fire that killed three children and their grandparents in Stamford's Shippan neighborhood last Christmas, the bill, which next heads to the House of Representatives, would also require working detectors in homes under renovation.

Mandatory smoke/CO detectors moving forward