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One of the buzziest ideas in fire safety is letting fire safety officers chop these people into small bits with fire axes. (hexbear.net)

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[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

probably some combination of tall buildings, stupid electrification standards, and dangerous weather (#1 tornado capital of the world baby!) making house fires worse and more common

[-] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

I looked at some stats because I was curious after this, more common yes, worse no. The US has a very high number of house fires, but a very low number of deaths per fire, and ends up pretty average on fire deaths per capita.

Presumably this is because we’ve taken these measures to make sure people can get out when fires do happen.