Safety is cheap as chips safe
COUPONS for cheap oven chips are set to be handed out by firefighters in South Yorkshire, as part of a major fire service campaign to cut chip pan fires.
South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue, in partnership with The Co-operative Group, will be handing out the money and life-saving coupons alongside fire safety advice at a dozen food stores across the county.
Fire crews tackled more than 300 cooking-related house fires last year, resulting in 30 people being taken to hospital.
Diane Malpass, head of community safety, said: “It’s perhaps hard to believe, in this day and age, that people still use chip pans. But our data shows they remain a real danger.”