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And, In light of all these recent fires before, and during Christmas, Smith urges the public to exercise extreme fire safety during New Year’s celebrations:…

Orin Smith - Station Officer, National Fire Service
"New year’s celebration, that’s something that a lot of people look forward to year after year. It’s a particular time of the year when they go out to party mostly all night. Those families that have young children, I advise that if they are planning on going out, leave them under the care of a responsible adult. By all means, do not leave children to look after children and when I say responsible adult, I mean someone who is not really a senior citizen that cannot keep up with the activities of these children. But someone who is of good age, mature enough and responsible enough and is bale to keep up with their activity. In terms of the fire crackers, in particular sparkles, as well, do not leave children to… unsupervised to play with these items. They are dangerous, they an hard and if used incorrectly, can create fire. Do not put fire crackers under glass bottles, because when they break, they can fragment and cause injury to those within the immediate impacted area. Don’t leave matches, lighters, lighted candles, in easy reach of children. Children learn by imitating what they see adults do and they will attempt to play with these items when a supervising adult is not around."