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People utilizing portable heaters for cheaper winter heating are being urged by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service to concentrate on the dangers. Many could also be "playing with fireplace," say Electrical Safety First after their survey revealed more folks were switching to portable heaters to offset expensive heating payments. The elderly are significantly susceptible, warned Sam Hamer, of the brigade’s Community Fire Safety group which works to boost consciousness about fire prevention across the county. Pensioners carry heaters across the house while different reported incidents in Shropshire include them being precariously balanced on newspapers and telephone books creating a fire hazard. Three years in the past a Telford household of 5 escaped a fireplace which ripped through their dwelling within minutes of a settee catching fire after a portable halogen Alpha Heater official site had been positioned nearby. In the recent survey, 38 per cent of people admitted they might go away a heater switched on and unattended and 21 per cent would leave one switched on overnight. |