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| Another sunlight blaze caused by a mirror focussing rays onto bedding. Plenty of sunshine today and over the weekend so if you've got mirrors, bottles of water or even crystal balls on your window sill it might be a good idea to get them out of the pesky sunrays. |
Sunlight causes another blaze this time in Croydon: The sun has again caused destruction, this time a bedroom on Peregrine Gardens in Shirley, Croydon. A concave mirror focused the sunrays onto bedding and badly damaging first floor. A woman escaped after hearing her smoke alarm sound and was checked over by London Ambulance Service crews.
Brigade fire investigator Mark Ross said: "The sun seems to be more prevalent this year so I’d ask everyone to keep mirrors, bottles of water and crystal balls out of direct sunlight. Thankfully the resident was alerted to the fire by her smoke alarm that our crews fitted two years ago. "It is essential that everyone has at least one smoke alarm on every level of their home." Watch Manager, Andy Vaughan-Davies, of the Fire Investigation Team, explains why these fires aren't a myth..
The Brigade was called at 1122 and the fire was under control at 1210. Fire crews from Norbury and Addington fire stations were at the scene.
In the last five years we've seen 125 fires caused by the sun's rays. Other incidents this year include the Nutella jar fire incident and a small fire in the Mayfair home of lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone, were the other two. Mone told her 889,000 Twitter followers, sunlight had reflected off of a mirror onto a bean bag. She put the fire out herself and the Brigade didn't attend.
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- Keep mirrors and crystal or glass objects away from the sunny sills
- Fit at least one smoke alarm per floor and test them every week to make sure they work and the batteries are not flat
- If you have a fire, close the door on the blaze, get out stay out and call the Brigade
Also see: Clean Windows + Low Winter Sun + Glass Refocus = Fire
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