A fire can become life-threatening in two minutes, and a house can burn down completely and fill with dense, black smoke in five minutes.
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Acc. to Mallory Micetich, a home care specialist with the home services company Angi, there are about 500,000 house fires in the US each year
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A fire can start in the house in a variety of ways. While some of the more typical techniques might be easy to recognize, others might be a little trickier
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cooking mishaps. Cooking mishaps cause close to 50% of all house fires, according to the NFPA. Grease that overheats or when food is cooked unattended are frequent causes of cooking fires
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space heaters as well as portable heaters. Particularly harmful are portable space heaters
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electrical problems Short circuits and faulty connections are the main causes of electrical fires.
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you should have a professional evaluate your electrical system once a year and avoid overloading it by operating several appliances at once.
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Acc. to Micetich, be sure to regularly empty the lint trap in your dryer and have a professional inspect your appliances.
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Micetich encourages homeowners to only light fires with dry wood or special chimney fire starters and to never use gasoline or kerosene to do so.