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Halloween 2021 Fire Safety

10/26/2021 (Permalink)

Its time to break out the cobwebs and jack-o-lanterns! Halloween marks a special time of year where people can dress up as their favorite super hero or brain eating zombie and not get any weird looks. Where the spooky is turned up to 11 and everyone has fun! But it also has a noticeable increase in property fire damages, specifically during the "Halloween" period, Oct 30th-Nov 1st. 

During these 3 days of the year approximately 9,000 fires are reported nationwide. Of those 9,000 fires, approximately 9% are spread from Halloween decorations! That's not all though, property damage that occurs in this window sees a rough increase of 15% in the cost to repair when compared to the rest of the year. There is also an unfortunate 8% increase in fatalities that occur in these fires when compared to the yearly average.

Now, what can you do to prevent Halloween house fires? Primarily, you need to be cautious and aware of where you place decorations around your home. If you and your family enjoy making Jack-o-lanterns, use battery operated LED lights instead of a lit candle to light them up, but if you do end up using candles make sure that the pumpkins are far away from any flammable decorations, like string or paper, you may have strung up!

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