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The frequencies of fires involving liquid petroleum gas during the year 1957 have been compared with data from previous years. The contracting industry appeared as a new hazard, and fires in which a liquid petroleum gas apparatus was the source of ignition were on the increase. A fire involving liquid petroleum gas was more likely to occur in the English and Welsh Counties and in Scotland than in the English County Boroughs during 1957. There has been a decrease in the numbers injured in standardised fires where liquid petroleum gas was the material first ignited.