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Kitchen Fire
Redinnick Terrace, Penzance at 09/01/2017 07:38
Crews from Penzance attended a fire in the kitchen of a two storey domestic property, on arrival crews located the fire in the kitchen on the cooker hob, crews entered the kitchen using two breathing apparatus and a hosereel to extinguish the fire. A thermal imaging camera was used to check for hot spots and a positive pressure fan was used to ventilate the property.
Cooking related fires can be very dangerous and over the past three years there have been two deaths and six serious injuries due to this type of incident. Nearly all of these fires occurred in the kitchen and the majority are related to the oven (60%) and then the grill/ toaster (15%).
Follow these simple tips on the link below to help keep your kitchen safe.
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Date Posted: 09/01/2017