Chris Martin’s Food gets the attention of Firefighters

Fire Crackers, ATV Comedy, from 1964London Firefighters have offered assistance to Coldplay’s Chris Martin after his wife Gwyneth Paltrow revealed his cooking skills have twice led to 999 call outs.

London Fire Brigade is offering Martin, 35, a free home fire safety visit where crews will talk to him and his family about how they can stay safe from fire and avoid cooking fires – which are the most common cause for blazes in the capital.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s revelations were aired earlier this week on a new Channel 4 cookery show, Jamie and Jimmy’s Food Fight Club presented by Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty.

“He has twice cooked a meal and this is not a joke, both times the fire brigade came. I swear on my life – both times.” The actress said on the programme.

The Brigade targets its home fire safety visits to people and places where there is a higher risk of fire, but is also concerned about young professionals in London, like Chris, as they are responsible for one in four of all house fires. Kitchen fires account for at least three out of five house fires. Figures taken from the last five years show that there are on average nine kitchen fires a day in London. These caused over 2,500 injuries and 21 deaths.

Kitchen fires are often caused by cooking that has been left unattended. Ovens or hobs being accidentally left on are also a concern, as are chip pans and items being left too close to cookers. A large number of serious kitchen fires also begin when people have been drinking.

London Fire Brigade‘s Head of Operations, Prevention and Response Dave Brown adds, “People often think that fires only happen to vulnerable people but young professionals have a quarter of all house fires in London. Chris will know that fires can develop almost at the ‘Speed of Sound’ so it’s important that when they’re cooking, people don’t have ‘A Rush of Blood to the Head’ and leave their cooking unattended causing a lot of ‘Trouble’.

“Three out of five house fires start in the kitchen so at this time of year with the family coming round from Christmas dinner it is important to follow our advice.”

Pictured: ATV Network fire fighting comedy Fire Crackers at the ATV Elstree Centre in 1964