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00:00Hello, yes, I am here in Chinatown, central London, in Soho, right next to the London Fire Brigade station,

00:08the busiest one in the UK to talk about the dangers of fires at Christmas, especially when it comes to fast tech.

00:16The biggest problem is disposal. When people dispose of defective ones, they get put in general household rubbish,

00:23along with things such as disposable vapes that people use in, I think we're in the millions now in this country, aren't we?

00:28And just put them in the normal rubbish that goes in a normal rubbish bin, then gets picked up by the bin people,

00:35goes into the back of the lorry and can cause fires if it comes into contact with pressure from the teeth of the actual lorry itself.

00:43When it crushes the rubbish, it hits a living iron battery that goes into a thermal runway and then can easily catch fire.

00:51It's really important they don't throw away in normal household rubbish.

00:53They go to Recycle Your Lecture's website or contact a local authority for an approved recycling centre so they can be safely recycled.

01:02Absolutely. I mean, just the fire in a normal bin lorry can be quite resource intensive.

01:07You can imagine in a waste transfer station where you have thousands of tonnes of rubbish over a large area,

01:13you know, size of football pitches, and you get a deep-seated fire in there.

01:16We can be there for four days, seven days, depending on the size of it.

01:19And that's just not just a London thing, it's a country-wide thing.

01:23Absolutely. Again, as I said, disposable vapes, defective mobile phones, phone chargers,

01:29any sort of up-to-date electrical device now could have a living iron battery in it,

01:34which will have the same effects if it's not safely disposed of properly for an approved method,

01:40such as the local authority or the safe recycling website.

01:42not only resource intensive for the fire service, it's the impact it has on local, the community around.

01:49For example, just something simple like you've got fire in the middle of summer,

01:52people have got their windows open, now they've got the risk of contaminants getting into the house,

01:56so it's important they shut their windows, people stay away from the smoke plumes,

02:00and obviously infrastructure. It might affect railway lines, major roads,

02:05and people's day-to-day lives could be severely impacted for up to four, six days, seven days,

02:11depending on how big a fire is and how significant it is.

02:14Everybody likes to enjoy themselves at Christmas, no one wants to be a killjoy,

02:17but it's important that we do it safely.

02:19Obviously alcohol is a big thing, a big factor.

02:21When people drink excessively, it lowers your sense of fear, if you like,

02:30and you're going to complacentness.

02:33For example, cooking is a big one.

02:35People are drinking too much alcohol and not leaving their cooking unattended,

02:40so catching kitchens on fire.

02:42It could easily be just candles not being used safely,

02:45especially with decorations all around the house, Christmas trees, lights,

02:49and all of the normal decks up,

02:50and it's really important that people use proper approved candles and dishes

02:55and don't leave them anywhere near open windows where curtains could blow around.

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