It's a families worst nightmare, opening your front door to find your home engulfed in flames. Stephanie Loya said when she got back to the house her boyfriend noticed half of their room was on fire. Luckily for Stephanie, her two-year-old son Fabian was away for the weekend. Stephanie said, "Thank God he wasn't here, he usually sleeps in his crib.

The air conditioner sits just behind Fabian's crib. Unfortunately, it was incorrectly plugged into an extension cord and fire officials said that started the fire.

But that wasn't the only problem. Stephanie didn't have any smoke detectors in the house. It's an all too familiar story for the the Yuma Fire Department. Mike Erfert with the Yuma Fire Department said, "50 percent of the 3,000 to 4,000 people that die every year in the United States in fires could have been saved if there was a working fire alarm.

For now Stephanie picks up the pieces and warns other parents that smoke alarms do saves lives. Stephanie said, "The worst case scenario if we would have been here sleeping, if we had stayed here.

To get more information on how to keep your family safe from a fire call the National Fire Protection Association at 1-800-344-3555 or visit www.nfpa.org.