#8 Most Leading Cause For House Fires

11/6/2016 (Permalink)

Last but not least, the 8th most leading cause for house Fires is cooking! According to the NFPA, 40% of all house Fires, or an average of 156,600 per year, start this way, causing approximately $853 million in property damage. Two-thirds of the Fires started because the food or other materials caught Fire. Some tips you can follow are:

• Be alert when cooking and don’t leave food unattended.
• Don’t throw water on a grease fire, put a lid on the pan to smother the Fire.
• If an oven fire flares up, turn off the oven and leave the door shut until the Fire extinguishes itself.
• Keep clothing, pot holders, paper towels and other flammable items away from Fires.
• Having working smoke detectors in the house and keep a Fire extinguisher nearby just in case.