More fire-related deaths in 2022 although fewer blazes reported; spike in vehicle fires: SCDF

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Fewer blazes but spike in vehicle fires, and more fire-related deaths in 2022: SCDF

SINGAPORE - More people died in fires in 2022, even though the number of blazes fell from 1,844 in 2021 to 1,799 last year.

Director of SCDF’s operations department Michael Chua said besides these six deaths, there were two more fatality cases in 2022 that are still pending investigations. The most common cause of residential fires was the overheating of food due to unattended cooking, which accounted for 37 per cent of residential fires. This was a slight decrease from 358 cases in 2021 to 343 in 2022.

SCDF said the increase followed the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in 2022, and noted the figure is similar to pre-pandemic figures. In 2019, there were 195 vehicle fires.outside Maris Stella High School along Bartley Road. In March 2022, one of nine family members who lived in a New Upper Changi Road flat died when a fire broke out. PHOTO: ST FILE

 

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