Following the second night of strike action, the number of people who have died in house fires has reached seven. (Guardian)

I usually feel well informed when reading the GUARDIAN, but this line is completely uninformative since we are not told if that is more or less than the usual number of fire deaths for two nights. I guess it's more but I have no idea where to get the necessary information. Does any of the British Mudcatters have this information? I intend to use that line from the GUARDIAN as an example for stupid reporting of useless statistics in a course.

Wolfgang