WEST HAVEN , Jan . 3 , 2024 — ( Pictured , from left ) : U . S . Sen . Richard Blumenthal with Chief Michael R . Terenzio and Deputy Chief Michael T . Esposito of the City of West Haven Fire Department Allingtown at a news conference Wednesday , Jan . 3 , to call attention to the dangers of space heaters .
   The fire safety news conference took place at the department’s Minor Park Station , 318 Fairfax St . , and included remarks by Terenzio and Blumenthal , D - Conn .
   Blumenthal has introduced the Safer Heat Act of 2023 , a bill that would require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to “issue a consumer product safety standard for portable electric heating devices , ” such as requiring manufacturers to install an automatic shut - off mechanism .
   According to the CPSC , an average of 1 , 700 fires involving space heaters occur each year . In 2017 - 19 , space heater - related fires caused 70 deaths and 160 injuries .
    ( COWHFD Photo )
   

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