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According to a new USFA report, cooking remained the leading cause of all residential building fires and injuries for the period 2008-2010. An estimated average of 164,500 cooking fires occurred each year and resulted in an annual average of 110 deaths, 3,525 injuries and $309 million in property loss.
On
February 21, 2013, 4
residential fire fatalities were reported by news media throughout the United States.
| Eric Wallace Bryan Fire Department, TX |
| Gregory Pickard Bryan Fire Department, TX |
| Matthew Porcari Owego Fire Department, NY |
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