'In the event of fire' or 'in the event of a fire'?

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In the event of fire,...

In the event of a fire,...

I see both variants ondifferent Web pages and I cannot understand which is correct.

Could you please explain it to me.

Either is correct. A fire is more specific. Fire could be many fires all over the place, a fire is one fire — mplungjan, Commented Nov 13, 2013 at 12:11

Gurpreet K Sekhon · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-13 16:43:40Z

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In my understanding it should be:

"In case of a fire",is correct; implying that if there is the occurrence or the instance of a fire breaking out...

My feeling is that "in case of fire", may have started as an attempt at brevity and may have been integrated into everyday usage over time.

answered Nov 13, 2013 at 16:43

Gurpreet K Sekhon

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