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Unattended Cooking Equipment Malfunctions and Causes a Cooking Fire Fiasco in San Ysidro Home?

5/21/2024 (Permalink)

Lit gas burners on a stove are left unattended in a kitchen. We restore fire damage 24 hours a day in San Diego.

According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), unattended cooking is the leading cause of fire damage in homes in the United States. Our local Otay Mesa/San Ysidro is trained and certified to restore fire damage in homes and commercial businesses. Here are some cooking fire statistics from the NFPA:

Cooking Fire Statistics

Based on 2017-2021 annual averages:

  • Two-thirds of home cooking fires start by igniting food or other cooking materials
  • Clothing is the item first ignited in less than one percent of home cooking fires, but clothing ignitions caused 8% of the home cooking fire deaths
  • Ranges or cooktops account for over half (53 percent) of home cooking fire incidents
  • Unattended equipment is a factor in over one quarter (29 percent) of reported home cooking fires and half of the associated deaths

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When your home or commercial business in San Ysidro is damaged in a fire from a failed cooking appliance, our local Otay Mesa/San Ysidro team is Here to Help. ® Call us today at 619-439-2407.

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