Ontario firefighters warn of higher chance of house fires due to COVID-19 pandemic

The Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association said Friday that with more people at home over the past several months, more Ontarians are cooking — significantly increasing the risk of a house fire

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Ontario’s firefighters are urging the public to practise fire safety as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, saying there’s been a sharp increase in the number of fires in the province this summer.

Carmen Santoro, the president of the OPFFA, said the province is on track for nearly 116 fire deaths in 2020 which would be the highest number in more than a decade.“Firefighters would like to see Ontarians work together to be fire safe and to turn around the tragic trend we have seen so far this year,” Santoro said in a statement.

The average number of annual fire fatalities in the 10-year period of 2009 to 2018 was just under 85, according to the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal.

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