So far this year 5 people in Minnesota have died in fires. Last year by this time 17 people in Minnesota had already died. You can find out some of the details about Minnesota fire deaths from the home page of the State Fire Marshals web site.
Four of the deaths occurred in single family dwellings and the other one in a multi-family dwelling, continuing the trend in Minnesota as well as the country of people dying in their homes.
We all need to do whatever we can to keep the downward (long-term) trend going. Some steps we can all take to help insure our safety are: Discard smoking materials properly, Never leave candles unattended, place fireplace ashes in metal containers, be sure smoke detectors get their batteries changed when clocks get changed twice each year.
Practice fire safe behaviors, the life you save just might be your own or your family members.
