2025 was the highest year of house fire fatalities in a quarter of a century with 16 losses of life. We can reveal that half of the incidents were smoking material related with electrical causes contributing to 4 fatalities. A third of the incidents did not have working smoke alarms. ACFRO Wright is urging the public to take extra care at home with their safety habits. Most fires are preventable and having working smoke alarms and changing behaviours that create risk can save your life. Read our