Water and Energy International
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 65r
  • Issue: 11

Causes of electrical fire in residential & commercial building & suggested measures forprevention

  • Author:
  • Rajesh Kumar Arora1
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Page Number: 39 to 47

1Sr. Manager, D&E (Design and Engineering) Department, DTL

Online published on 16 March, 2023.

Abstract

Every second day starts with the news of electrical fires in residential or commercial buildings. This forces us to ponder over the reasons of such electrical fires which lead to loss of lives and assets. This is because most of the people do not take electrical safety seriously and being neglected. There is acute need to make people aware about the importance of electrical safety and selection of proper equipments & accessories for electrical network in the residential and commercial buildings.

This paper provides relevant information about different causes of fire hazards for residential and commercial buildings. Besides above this paper suggests measures for prevention & shares a poster developed to aware general public about the causes and prevention for electrical fire in residential and commercial buildings.

Keywords

Electrical Fire, Insulation Failure, Harmonics, Overvoltage, Short Circuit, Heating Effect, Arcing (Loose Connection), Grounding System