A sleeping Lebanon resident was alerted to a fire by a smoke alarm mid-morning, Tuesday, Nov. 7, in the 500 block of Harrison Street. Fire crews arrived and found the remains of candle wax that had melted over the countertop after a candle was left burning unattended in the kitchen area and caught a wooden decorative crate on fire.
The smoke detector did its job to alert the resident, who was then able to extinguish…