5 Basic tips to avoid home fires

 The insurance figures allow us to estimate that every day, more than 350 fires of varying importance occur in Spain in insured or uninsured homes. Fire is something that can occur, but what does happen at the present time is that it is difficult for it to occur by mere chance. Most of the time, fire is the result of something we are doing wrong. Therefore, with the experience we have in dealing with the fires suffered by our clients, we present you with five fundamental tips to avoid home fires.

Don't overload the plugs

It is good that you are careful not to overload the plugs. You may be one of those people who is enough with a couple of plugs in the wall, or who are chaining one "thief" after another, as they need to plug things in. Well, no. If you overload the plugs, you're playing the game.

Keep your children away from fire

First of all, if there are any in the house, be careful with small children. Many children are fascinated by fire and like to play with it. For them, then, matches, lighters, kitchen lighters, flammable substances, etc., must be prohibited objects. It is your responsibility to get those things out of their hands.

Be careful with the iron

Although we have just told you that you have to be careful with all appliances that work with heat, there is one that is critical: the iron. The iron differs from the oven or the glass-ceramic in that you can leave it anywhere. Every time you are going to use it, make sure that you provide yourself with a non-flammable surface where you are going to leave the iron on. Also, turn it off when you're not using it; And yes, that includes things like the phone ringing or a knock on the door.

Gas, only when you need it

Go ahead and recover the good habits of your grandmother, who surely turned off the gas when she was not using it. You may be one of those who close it when you leave home but, in reality, the appropriate measure is to close it when you go to sleep. And it would not hurt to include in your routine when you go to bed the habit of checking the stove, oven, toaster, any appliance that works with heat, to make sure they are turned off. If there are small children in the house, the search is mandatory. Don't forget, either, that a gas heater must have a blue flame. If you see it red, you should call an expert.

Goodbye to tobacco

Last but not least, if you are a smoker we assume that your doctor already gives you enough rattle. But, in addition to the fact that it is desirable that you quit, it is much more so that, as long as you don't quit, you refrain from smoking in bed. Shrouded inflammable clothing as you are is certainly not a very good idea.