NFRS 2022 124 - e-cigarettes

You asked for:

Under Freedom of Information, I would be very grateful if you could provide figures relating to fires caused by disposable e-cigarettes and vapes.

I appreciate this may not be a category you record. It would be great if you could perform a free text search on "vape" and "e-cigarette" together with any other terms you think relevant.

Please could you provide the information, split by the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Our Response:

The number of fires caused by disposable e-cigarettes and vapes in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Answer: - The number of both accidental and deliberate fires involving e-cigarettes / vapes and their chargers are:

2020: 2
2021: 4
2022: 7