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Care Can Prevent
Toll in Holiday
Fire Fatalities
Householders were urged today by the American Insurance Association to take sensible precautions and help prevent fire which each holiday season takes a tragic toll in lives.
Last Christmas, 47 persons in the United States died in fires in the three-day period beginning at six o'clock on Christmas eve, according to the National Safety Counsel.
In a three-day period last New Year's, there were 74 fire fatalities.
As fire safety precautions, the Association suggested that special care be given the Christmas tree, which when dry, can burst into flames if a spark comes in contact with it. It also urged care in the kitchen when meals are being prepared on the kitchen range and recommended that the use of lighted candles as Christmas decorations be avoided.
"Carelessness is the cause of 3 out of every 4 fires, and if simple precautions are taken these fires can be avoided," the Association said.
Fire fatalities in the U.S. during the Christmas and New Year's holiday periods of the last 10 years are as follows:
Number of Fin Fatalities Year Days Christmas New Year's 1964 3 47 74 1963 I 35 29 1962 4 107 84 196) 3 83 83 1960 3 77 66 1959 3 43 63 1958 4 93 61 1957 1 27 20 1956 4 53 71 1955 3 63 74
69.6%