Fires caused by Air Fryers

Request

1) How many instances of air fryers were recorded in your Incident Reporting System (IRS) logs OR were mentioned in the 'stop message' or additional information free text for the years: 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 to date?

2) The number of callouts to fires where "air fryer" is named as the cause in each of the following calendar years: 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 to date.

3) Please include any available details on the number/type of injuries or deaths, the number of your appliances attending, and the length of time needed to declare the scene safe. ( Is it possible to get a q3 answer based on the findings from q1 and q2?)

Decision

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you

1 -3. Please find attached tables

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

 

Reference number
FOI 13365581
Date request received
08/08/25
Date of decision
22/09/25