Protect your home and family with easy to follow fire safety tips.
Some Fast Facts about House Fire Safety:
- Cooking, unattended cigarettes, candles and faulty appliances are among the leading causes of house fires.
- The heat from a house fire can exceed 1100 degrees Fahrenheit in just over three minutes.
- Fumes produced by fires can make you weak, and less likely to respond quickly, especially when you are sleeping.
- Your house can become engulfed in smoke from a fire within four minutes, inhibiting your abiity to see.
- More than 60% of people who die in house fires were asleep when the fire started.
Get ideas to keep your home and family safe in the event of a house fire with the fire safety tips article.
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