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Freedom of Information request - FOI Request – BBQ-related Fires and Casualties

Case reference FOI2025/00537

Received 21 May 2025

Published 12 June 2025

Request

Dear London Fire Brigade, I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: Time Period: January 2022 to the most recent available month in 2025 Breakdown: Preferably by month and city/town or regional level 1. The number of call-outs where a BBQ was recorded as a cause or contributing factor. 2. The number of casualties or injuries linked to BBQ-related incidents. 3. The number of fatalities, if any, resulting from BBQ-related incidents. If available, please include any additional contextual data that explains how BBQ-related incidents are logged. If possible, please provide the information in an Excel (.xls or .xlsx) or CSV format. If parts of this request are not available, please provide the data that you do hold and if you have any other relevant information to barbecues then please can you also share.

Response

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Documents

• FOIA response for disclosure log - FOI2025_00537 (1).pdf (169.8 KB)

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