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Many house fires can be avoided simply by turning off appliances<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 1, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many Queenslanders are placing their homes at unnecessary risk of fires by leaving electrical appliances turned on while unattended, according to RACQ Insurance.<\/p>\n

The insurer\u2019s 2015 Home Fire Safety Index revealed more than half of all householders left their computers on while away from the home (68.3 per cent), followed by printers and routers (65.7 per cent) and washing machines (61.7 per cent).<\/p>\n

RACQ spokesman Mike Sopinski said people often weren\u2019t aware of the potential danger.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is awareness about the risks of leaving heaters on but often householders leave other appliances running all day while they\u2019re out, creating potentially dangerous fire hazards,\u201d Mr Sopinski said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany Queenslanders don\u2019t realise, or are ignoring, the risks of unattended electrical appliances which is a potentially deadly mistake.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur research shows nearly 14 per cent (13.8 per cent) of home fires in Queensland last year were caused by electrical equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n

RACQ also found only 5 per cent of Queensland households had a written fire escape plan and almost one-third of Queenslanders (31.7 per cent) did not know how to operate a fire extinguisher.<\/p>\n

Household appliances most commonly left on while away from the home:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Computer 68.3 per cent
\n2. Computer hardware \u2013 printer, router 65.7 per cent
\n3. Washing machine 61.7 per cent
\n4. Mobile phone charger 60.8 per cent
\n5. TV 48.8 per cent
\n6. Slow cooker\/ crockpot 44 per cent
\n7. Fan 43.7 per cent
\n8. Dishwasher 40.1 per cent
\n9. Set top box 39.8 per cent
\n10. CD\/DVD\/ Blu-ray 36 per cent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many Queenslanders are placing their homes at unnecessary risk of fires by leaving electrical appliances turned on while unattended, according to RACQ Insurance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":109901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,54],"yoast_head":"\nMajority Risk Fires At Home - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/07\/01\/majority-risk-fires-at-home\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Majority Risk Fires At Home - southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Many Queenslanders are placing their homes at unnecessary risk of fires by leaving electrical appliances turned on while unattended, according to RACQ Insurance.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/07\/01\/majority-risk-fires-at-home\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-30T14:01:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-12T02:26:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/kitchenfire.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"385\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anne Miller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anne Miller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/07\/01\/majority-risk-fires-at-home\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/07\/01\/majority-risk-fires-at-home\/\",\"name\":\"Majority Risk Fires At Home - 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