{"id":403800,"date":"2025-09-06T23:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/403800\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T23:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:16:16","slug":"fewer-people-died-in-fires-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/403800\/","title":{"rendered":"Fewer people died in fires in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

There were 36 fire-related fatalities recorded by London Fire Brigade in the year to March reports Adam Care, Data Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"ACredit \u2013 London Fire Brigade<\/p>\n

Fewer people were killed in fires in London in the year to March, new figures show.<\/p>\n

It comes as the number of people killed in fires across England rose by 8% over the last year.<\/p>\n

The Fire Brigades Union warned fire and rescue services \u201care operating in a state of emergency\u201d and urged the government to invest in more firefighters.<\/p>\n

New figures released by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government<\/a> show there were 36 fire-related fatalities recorded by London Fire Brigade in the year to March.<\/p>\n

This was a decrease on the 39 a year earlier, but more than a decade earlier, when there were 30.<\/p>\n

Nationally, there were 271 fire-related fatalities in the year to March<\/a>, and 251 a year earlier. This was also a 3% an increase compared with the 264 a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Of the fatalities in Greater London, 25 were in dwelling fires and four were in vehicle fires. The rest were classed as either \u2018other buildings\u2019 or \u2018other outdoors\u2019.<\/p>\n

Steve Wright, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, said: \u201cCuts to emergency services cost lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirefighters work tirelessly to keep the public safe, but the loss of one in five firefighter posts to cuts since 2010 means that services are severely overstretched and under-resourced.<\/p>\n

\u201cCombined with a crisis in building safety caused by decades of deregulation, as exposed by the Grenfell Tower fire, this is a recipe for disaster. The tragic and avoidable consequence is that fire related deaths are increasing.<\/p>\n

\u201cCuts imposed by Labour this year could see the loss of a further 2,300 firefighter posts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government must stop this continued austerity and provide the investment urgently needed to save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

The figures also show there were 16,561 fires reported in Greater London in the year to March, a slight increase on the 16,168 a year earlier.<\/p>\n

Across England, the number of fires attended by fire and rescue services increased by 3%, to 142,494. However, this was a decrease of 8% compared with 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

There were also 2,958 people rescued from fires, an increase of 4% on the previous year.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the National Fire Chiefs Council said fire and rescue must not become \u201cthe forgotten emergency service\u201d, with firefighters increasing having to deal with extreme weather and \u201crisks from new energy technology\u201d.<\/p>\n

They added: \u201cFire and rescue services are under increasing pressure, responding to a growing number of 999 incidents despite a shrinking workforce.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want evidence of how stretched some services are, you only need to look to this summer\u2019s wildfires which saw a number of services declaring major incidents and having to call on support from other services across the country to deal with the demand placed on their already stretched resources.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world has changed; the ask of fire and rescue services is changing. We\u2019re asking the government to ensure there\u2019s the funding there to underpin this crucial service.\u201d<\/p>\n

An MHCLG spokesperson said: \u201cAny fire-related death is a tragedy, and we are working hard to support our fire services.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why standalone fire and rescue authorities will receive an increase of almost \u00a370 million next year to keep communities safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to work closely with the sector to ensure fire and rescue services have the resources they need, so we can support our brave firefighters and deliver better public services through our Plan for Change.\u201d<\/p>\n

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