Mike Holmes: Why winter is a prime season for house fires, and how to prevent them

It's that time of year again - no, I'm not talking about fall or Thanksgiving, I'm talking about Fire Prevention Week, which runs Oct. 4 to 10. Every year, Fire Prevention Week falls on the week in which Oct. 9 lands, to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, which, unfortunately, took the lives of more…