Fire is a devolved matter and Home Office is responsible only for fire in England.<\/p>
Home Office publishes incident level statistics on dwelling fires in England including cause of fire and ignition power, and on fire-related fatalities in England including cause of fire. These can be found in the \u2018Dwelling fires dataset\u2019 and \u2018Fire-related dataset\u2019 here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets<\/a><\/p> From these, the data in the tables below can be extracted. Record level information is published from 2010/11 - although the national Incident Recording System began in April 2009 there are a few minor issues with the 2009/10 records which mean that, while statistics at higher levels are robust, some of the incident level records are not of a sufficient quality to publish.<\/p> The most recent estimates of the economic cost of fire were published by the Department for Communities and Local Government for 2008. This can be found here: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121105004836/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1838338.pdf<\/a><\/p> <\/p> Table 1. Number of dwelling fires caused by \u2018faulty fuel supplies\u2019 or \u2018faulty appliances and leads\u2019, where the ignition power was either electricity or gas.<\/p>
<\/p><\/td> | Ignition power<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
<\/p><\/td> | Electric<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | Gas<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial year<\/p><\/td> | Number<\/p><\/td> | % of all dwelling fires<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | Number<\/p><\/td> | % of all dwelling fires<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010/11<\/p><\/td> | 6,778<\/p><\/td> | 19%<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | 307<\/p><\/td> | 1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011/12<\/p><\/td> | 6,595<\/p><\/td> | 19%<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | 256<\/p><\/td> | 1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012/13<\/p><\/td> | 6,851<\/p><\/td> | 21%<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | 272<\/p><\/td> | 1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013/14<\/p><\/td> | 6,462<\/p><\/td> | 20%<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | 245<\/p><\/td> | 1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014/15<\/p><\/td> | 6,487<\/p><\/td> | 21%<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | 201<\/p><\/td> | 1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015/16<\/p><\/td> | 6,247<\/p><\/td> | 20%<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | 194<\/p><\/td> | 1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016/17<\/p><\/td> | 6,374<\/p><\/td> | 21%<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | 202<\/p><\/td> | 1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017/18<\/p><\/td> | 6,386<\/p><\/td> | 21%<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | 182<\/p><\/td> | 1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Table 2. Number of fire-related fatalities in dwelling fires caused by \u2018faulty fuel supplies\u2019 or \u2018faulty appliances and leads\u2019<\/p>
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