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National Fire Estimates—2010

(Source: National Fire Protection Association)

Fires:
1,389,500
Deaths:
3,005
Injuries:
17,500
Dollar Loss:
$11,659,000,00

Leading Causes of Residential Building Fires—2010

(Source: U.S. Fire Administration)

Fires

  1. Cooking
  2. Heating
  3. Electrical Malfunction
  4. Other Unintentional, Careless
  5. Open Flame

Fire Deaths

  1. Other Unintentional, Careless
  2. Smoking
  3. Electrical Malfunction
  4. Intentional

Fire Injuries

  1. Cooking
  2. Other Unintentional, Careless
  3. Open Flame
  4. Electrical Malfunction
  5. Equipment Misoperation, Failure

Dollar Loss

  1. Other Unintentional, Careless
  2. Electrical Malfunction
  3. Open Flame
  4. Other Heat
  5. Intentional

Leading Causes of Nonresidential Building Fires

(Source: U.S. Fire Administration)

Fires

  1. Cooking
  2. Intentional
  3. Other Unintentional, Careless
  4. Electrical Malfunction
  5. Heating

Dollar Loss

  1. Other Unintentional
  2. Intentional
  3. Electrical