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Mr. Skinner
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fires were accidentally started by blow lamps in 1980, 1981 and to the nearest available date in 1982.
Mr. Mellor
The available information is for occupied buildings only; fire brigades in the United Kingdom reported that they attended 2,204 fires in 1980 and 2,243 in 1981, the source of which was accidental ignition by a blow lamp. Information for 1982 is not yet available.