A fire with fatal consequences could be started or made worse by your own actions. An undetected fire can grow quickly and spread over a wide area. If this happens when people are asleep, the fire can trap and kill them unless all the fire safety precautions are in place and working. Sadly, the answer is 'Yes'. Over the last 10 years there have been 4 serious fires in the University which have all done a great deal of damage.
Every year there are fires in residences.
Fortunately, nobody has been seriously hurt, but we all have to learn from these experiences - next time we may not be so lucky. A common feature tends to be that the person responsible had just left the room before the fire started. After a late night out a hungry reveler leaves a pan of fat to heat while he goes to chat with friends along the corridor. Later the smell of smoke alerts another resident who sensibly sounds the Alarm. A gust of wind from the open window topples it on to papers on the desk.