The article suggests installing smoke alarms, inspecting power cords, checking wiring, practicing kitchen safety, clearing range hoods of grease and keeping dryer vents clear as other preventative measures.

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Lax safety standards, poor wiring and overcrowding are blamed for causing several deadly factory fires every year.

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The EPR is the biggest plant ever designed and has safety systems galore, which means more pipes, more wiring, more concrete and higher capital costs.

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McLaren blamed a wiring loom that had been burnt because of heat build-up while Raikkonen was going slowly behind the safety car.

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The farms feature improvised wiring, heat lamps and water and regularly catch fire so the authorities have been able to use fire safety laws to force home owners to carry out costly safety work.

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