Martin Brown wrote:
Apparently the most common root cause they encounter is drunks come home
hungry from pub put chip pan on and fall asleep in front of TV. Peak
fire damage from chip pan fires is Friday and Saturday nights.

These days health and safety means they have to advise you not to tackle
the blaze yourself but to close all the doors and ring 999.

There is a radio advert that does that exact scenario and gives that
exact advice.