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Mr. Richard Page
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deaths occurred in the United Kingdom in the latest year for which figures are available from fires caused by electrical wiring defects.
Mr. Douglas Hogg
In 1984 there were 20 deaths in fires attended by local authority fire brigades in the United Kingdom for which a fault in electrical wiring was recorded by the brigade as the source of ignition.