FOI release

Fires at asylum accommodation

Case reference FOI2026/01431

Received 6 November 2026

Published 10 November 2026

Request

I am emailing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following for incidents attended by your service from 1 January 2023 to 6 November 2026. 1. The number of fires where the property type was recorded as "Boarding House/B&B for homeless/asylum seekers", broken down by month, local authority district, and whether the fire was recorded as accidental or deliberate. 2. The number of fires at any property type where the incident record, or any associated fire investigation record, contains the words "asylum", "refugee", "migrant" or "Home Office". Please break these down by month, local authority district, property type, and accidental or deliberate. 3. The number of fires at premises that your service held information (for example, site-specific risk information) indicating were in use, or proposed for use, as accommodation for asylum seekers. Please break these down by month, local authority district, whether the premises were occupied at the time, and accidental or deliberate. 4. For the fires counted in questions 1 to 3: how many were referred to, or jointly investigated with, the police; and how many resulted in at least one casualty or fatality.

Response

Please see the response in the attached link below.

Documents

• FOIA response for disclosure log - FOI2026_01431.pdf (26.3 KB)

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