Residential Fire Fatalities in the News

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Information on residential fire fatalities is compiled through a daily Internet search (Monday-Friday) of U.S. news media reports. The primary purpose of this information is to help raise awareness about the danger of fire and the frequency of home fire deaths.

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USFA estimates approximately one-third to one-half of the total number of residential fire fatalities that occur each year are captured on this page. Information is obtained from news media reports published or aired within 24-48 hours after the fire; therefore, complete information is not available. Most fires require a post-incident investigation that may take days or months to complete. Only at the conclusion of the investigation will relevant facts be determined. For this reason, the statistics found on this page are only preliminary and should be viewed as such.

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4 civilian fire fatalities reported by U.S. news media on August 8, 2012 for criteria = All Causes.

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MFI Incident Date City/State Reported Cause Gender Age Additional Information
1/2 08/08/2012 Capitol Heights, MD Electrical Malfunction Female 5 A 5-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy died in a house fire. The cause of the fire was an overloaded electrical circuit.
2/2 08/08/2012 Capitol Heights, MD Electrical Malfunction Male 15
n/a 08/08/2012 Billings, MT Playing with Heat Source Female n/a An 18-month-old girl succumbed to injuries on August 14th from an apartment fire that occurred on August 8th.
n/a 08/08/2012 Topeka, KS Under Investigation n/a n/a A person died in a motel room fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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