Vapes starting record number of fires in Britain’s ‘overcrowded’ prisons, shock stats show

VAPES are starting a record number of fires in prisons, with 80 per cent caused by e-cigs.

There were 2,287 cell fires in 2023 — up 60 per cent on the year before and the most for six years.

GettyVapes are starting a record number of fires in prisons[/caption] Nottinghamshire’s HMP Lowdham Grange had the most cell fires last year with 126

There were only 777 prison cell blazes in 2016, which had risen to 1,410 in 2022.

HMP Lowdham Grange, Notts, had the most last year with 126.