Fire kills

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/49766/Fire_Safety_in_the_Home_-_Version_2.pdf

Did you know…?
 • You’re four times more likely to die in a fire if you don’t have a smoke alarm that works.
• 21 people die each year because the battery in their smoke alarm was flat or missing at the time of the fire.
• Around half of home fires are caused by cooking accidents.
• Three fires a day are started by candles.
 • Every five days someone dies from a fire caused by a cigarette.
 • Faulty electrics (appliances, wiring and overloaded sockets) cause around 6,000 fires in the home across the country every year.


+Humberside Fire & Rescue Service