Electrical is the number one cause of fires

Electrical is still the primary cause of fire, and fires in production operations are prone to casualties. In 2021, from the perspective of the direct causes of fires, 28.4% were caused by electricity, while more than one-third of the larger fires were caused by electrical causes, and most of them were electrical line failures, accounting for nearly 80% of the total number of electrical fires. In addition to electricity, the proportion of other causes of fire is: 22.6% of fire accidents, 13.7% of residual fires, 10.9% of smoking, 9.9% of spontaneous combustion, 2.7% of production operations, 1% of fire playing, 0.6% of fire, 10.6% of unknown causes and other 10.2%. Among them, the fires in production operations such as illegal fire construction, welding and welding and cutting accounted for only 2.7% of the total, but the deaths caused accounted for 6.3% of the total, and the larger fires caused accounted for 10.7% of the total.

Source: China Fire Protection