Jon Pegg said there have been 102 fire-related deaths reported in Ontario so far this year, including two over the Thanksgiving weekend
“We’re heading into the winter months. We usually have higher number of house fires due to heating and trying to keep the house warm,” Pegg said in an interview.
The province saw 115 fire deaths in 2020 and 72 deaths in 2019, the fire marshal’s office said. The number of fire fatalities fluctuated between 72 and 104 deaths per year between 2010 and 2018.“If you’re cooking make sure you stay with the cooking, don’t leave it unattended,” he said. “We see a big spike in fatalities and number of fires when somebody is drinking or using drugs and cooking.”“Fire burns so fast nowadays,” he said.
“ see on TV but for whatever reason they don’t believe that’s a fear for their own family,” he said. “They don’t think it will happen and so therefore they don’t have a working smoke alarm. And and then obviously it’s too late when they do have a fire.”
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