Firefighters warn of dangers of using electric blankets and mattresses

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Experts note that using an electric blanket or mattress is a common cause of electric shock as well as fire.

For this reason, firefighters are given two basic instructions for protection when using the above electric heating devices:

• Always unplug the product before going to bed when not in use.
• The device should be checked regularly for signs of wear in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

Let’s remember that “Athens News” previously wrote in detail about who You can’t use electric blankets.

In the last 24 hours alone, five people have died as a result of fires that broke out in their places of residence. Two nuns, aged 75 and 77, were found dead after a fire broke out in the cells of the monastery of St. Nicholas tou Neos in Ypsilanti in Boeotia. One woman suffered burns and was found dead at the scene of the fire, while another is believed to have died from smoke inhalation.

A 50-year-old man has been found dead after a fire broke out this morning in a second-floor apartment on Mavromichali Street (Thessaloniki). In Mantinia-Arcadia, an elderly man was found dead while extinguishing a fire that broke out in a warehouse.

In Iliya, in the settlement of Rama Mironia, an elderly woman died during a fire in a house.

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