 My husband, our 18-month-old toddler, and I were downstairs having breakfast at the time, just like any other Saturday morning. My mother, who also lives with us, came downstairs from her bedroom to join us for breakfast that morning. Shortly after she came downstairs, we all heard a faint beeping noise. At first I thought it was the oven timer going off, but the noise grew louder and just wouldn't stop. My husband walked upstairs and that's when he discovered the corner of the bedroom in my mum's room on fire. He ran downstairs to get a pot of water to try and douse out the flames. By the time my husband got back to the bedroom, the fire had spread from one side of the room to the other and he knew that there was nothing that we could do. The CFA arrived within minutes of the 000 call, but in that time the fire had spread from one bedroom throughout the top story of our home. We literally lost everything that day. But despite that, I honestly believe that we had the best outcome for the situation we were in and I honestly believe that that was due to having a working smoke alarm at our house.