- Request
-
1) I would like to request the following information relating to accidental dwelling fires attended within your service area.
Please provide the data for each calendar year:
2023
2024
2025
2026 to date
2) The total number of accidental dwelling/residential fires.
3) The total number of accidental dwelling/residential fires where the source of ignition or cause was recorded as electrical.
4)For electrical accidental dwelling/residential fires, the top ten most common recorded sources of ignition or appliance types involved, together with the number of incidents associated with each category.
5) If appliance-level data is not available, please provide the information at the most detailed level held within your incident recording system.
- Decision
-
1) Response as per Q2 below
2) See table below
No. of incidents
2023
281
2024
326
2025
326
2026 (Jan-Mar)
66
Grand Total
999
3)
No. of incidents
2023
180
2024
214
2025
196
2026 (Jan-Mar)
39
Grand Total
629
NB: this data includes any source of ignition where that source of ignition was powered by electric regardless of what/who caused the fire to start
4)
2023
2024
2025
2026 (Jan-Mar)
Grand Total
Cooking appliance - Cooker inc. oven
51
71
59
16
197
Electricity supply - Wiring, cabling, plus
25
23
30
1
79
Cooking appliance - Microwave oven
16
25
17
4
62
Cooking appliance - Ring/ hot plate (separate appliance)
21
18
12
3
54
Cooking appliance - Grill/toaster
13
12
14
39
Other domestic style appliance - Tumble dryer
9
7
9
3
28
Other domestic style appliance - Washing machine
6
12
7
1
26
Other
9
7
7
23
Heating equipment - Heater/fire
5
5
4
1
15
Electricity supply - Apparatus - Batteries, generators
5
5
5
15
Grand Total
160
185
164
29
538
5) N/a
- Reference number
- FOI 16742861
- Date request received
- 03/06/26
- Date of decision
- 17/06/26