top 5 deadliest household appliances coffee makers and toasters electric ovens or toaster ovens rather those are probably some of the more common causes of home fire again a lot of it has to do with not just the appliance itself but oftentimes it's the age of the home so if your home is built you know between the 50s and the 70s the wiring is much older obviously than the newer construction and so these are some of the things that you'd have to take into consideration if you think that that's an issue in your home and and one of the common denominators of determining that would be if you have fuses that blow you know more often than not and you're looking at lights that dim when you turn on another appliance and this would be a really good time to make sure that you have an electrician possibly come out and check the system for you