Smoke/Heat Alarms on both sides of closed doors and installing more than one
Alarm as recommended in this leaflet very significantly improve the probability of early
detection.
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by furniture, renovations etc.
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are particularly ineffective with: fires caused by smoking in bed, escaping gas, violent
explosions, poor storage of flammable rags and/or liquids, (for example petrol, paint,
spirits etc), overloaded electrical circuits, arson, children playing with matches.
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years as a precaution.
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