Fires caused by electrical faults or electrical failures

Requesting information concerning residential fires caused by electrical faults or electrical failures. Please provide the following information for the financial years 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26:

1. The total number of house/residential fires attended by the fire and rescue service where the recorded cause was an electrical fault, electrical failure or electrical malfunction. Please break the results down by year.

2. Of these fires, the number caused by:

Faulty wiring

Faulty electrical appliances

Overloaded sockets/extensions

Chargers or charging equipment

Batteries or battery-powered devices

Other electrical causes

3. Of these cases, the number of people who:

Were injured

Required hospital treatment

Died

4. If recorded, please provide a breakdown of the fires by type of property, such as:

Detached house

Semi-detached house

Terraced house

Flat/maisonette

Other residential property

1-4. Please see attached spreadsheet Data not held with the options listed in the request as they don't have exact matches in the national recording system but the data provided is the closest available

Should you require the attachment mentioned above please contact customerinformationservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk with the below reference number and this can be provided.