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Fire Safety, Pop Quiz

Catherine Jones

September 29, 2008

Fire Protection, Health & Safety Best Practices, Hot Topics

Question
True or False: Smoke is the cause of the majority of fire-related deaths.
Answer
True.
According to Fire Prevention Canada, hundreds of Canadians die in residential fires every year, but low on the list of killers during a fire are hot flames.
While the residents of a house are sleeping, a fire may smolder for hours, robbing the air [...]

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