HC Deb 13 March 1986 vol 93 c535W
Mr. Pavitt

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total number of injuries and fatalities in fires caused by smoking for the most recent year for which figures are available.

Mr. Mellor

The readily available information is of accidental fires, attended by local authority fire brigades, for which the source of ignition was reported as cigarettes, lighters, cigars or other similar smokers' materials, other than matches. In 1984 there were 262 fatal and 1,874 non-fatal casualties from such fires in the United Kingdom.