Fire deaths

Friday 24 July 1992 00:02 BST

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The number of people in England and Wales who died in fires fell from 759 in 1989, to 741 in 1990 and an estimated 700 in 1991, according to the Chief Inspectorate of Fire Services annual report. The increased use of smoke detectors is believed to be responsible.

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