The cause of the fires in the North West of the United Kingdom has come to light.
The Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) has revealed that faulty or incorrectly used electrical appliances have destroyed property about 800 times a year and severely damaged homes. Is.
A total of 218 people have been injured in the past three years due to these fire incidents. An analysis of events over the past three years has shown that electrical appliances caused an average of 786 fires a year.
These include faulty wires, plugs, electric heaters, washing machines and dryers, batteries or generators, refrigerators, freezers and dishwashers.
GMFRS chief of prevention Paul Duggan says faulty electrical equipment, loose wires, spark cabling, and overload sockets can all cause fires.
He said that in collaboration with the National Fire Chiefs Council, Electrical Fire Safety Week is led by Charity Electrical Safety First. It is important to check the safety of electric appliances at this time of year when people are using electric heaters for the first time this winter or using Christmas lights that have been in storage for over a year.
