Australian Firefighters Warn of Increasingly Fatal Home Blazes

Fire and Emergency crew battle bushfire near a house in the rural town of Canungra in the Scenic Rim region of South East Queensland, Australia, on Sept. 6, 2019. Regi Varghese/AAP/via REUTERS

A house fire can take hold within minutes and knowing what to do in the first five is critical to saving lives.

The key home safety finding comes from new analysis of more than 30,000 structure fire reports released on April 28 by Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW).