On the third day: tips to not overload electrical outlets. The Charlottetown Fire Department offers tips to avoid overloading electrical outlets in its 12 Days of Fire Safety campaign. (HowItWorks) ...

Safety experts have specifically warned about overloading sockets, daisy chaining, and charging devices on beds during lockdown. Electrical Safety First, a charity dedicated to at-home safety, is ...

Flickering lights, buzzing outlets, and loose plugs can signal serious fire risks. Old wiring and ungrounded or overloaded ...

The charity urged the public to try its Socket Overload Calculator to test they're no longer plugging too many home equipment in at once, on its website, electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk.

Four Six Nations Fire Stations and firefighters responded to a small fire at a home in the Six Nations village of Ohsweken, Monday night. The call came in around 10:30 p.m. with crews arriving to ...

A fire service has warned against plugging too many electrical items into one socket after a house fire. Two crews attended the blaze in Anthony Gardens in Luton just after 22:00 GMT on Saturday.

Fire broke out at Roger Stilwell's home in South View Street, Tonge Fold, at 9.30pm on Saturday due to an overloaded plug socket.

"There were no rescues – it was a fire in the upstairs bedroom caused by by an overloaded electrical socket. "We had six breathing apparatus, a hose reel and a covering jet in use.

A fire which destroyed a homestead near Raglan this morning was caused by an overloaded multiple electrical socket in the kitchen. A 76-year-old woman who ...