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.You’re four times more likely to die in a fire if you don’t have a smoke alarm that works.
• Around half of home fires are caused by cooking accidents. • Two fires a day are started by candles.
• Every six days someone dies from a fire caused by a cigarette. • About two fires a day are started by heaters.
• Faulty electrics (appliances, wiring and overloaded sockets) cause around 6,000 fires in the home across the country every year
Click on this link to see the governments advise on fire alarm protection in the home
The majority of fires and fire-related fatalities in the UK are domestic. Last year 80% of all fire-related fatalities occurred in the home.
Last year saw 39,600 dwelling fires, 88% of which were accidental. Accidents happen, but ultimately, they are avoidable.
– In 31% of domestic fires there was no smoke alarm.
– In 19% of domestic fires a fire alarm was present, but it was not operational.
