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The other leading causes of house fires were heating equipment, electrical fires, intentional fires and fires from smoking materials. While cooking fires may have caused the most injuries, they ...
A structure fire is a fire involving the structural components of various types of residential, commercial or industrial buildings, such as barn fires. Residential buildings range from single-family detached homes and townhouses to apartments and tower blocks , or various commercial buildings ranging from offices to shopping malls .
During California’s deadliest fire on record — the Camp Fire in Paradise that killed 85 people in 2018 — some homes built to the new codes “still burned to the ground,” Rose said.
In the US, arc faults are said to be one of the leading causes for residential electrical fires. [5] Each year in the United States, over 40,000 fires are attributed to home electrical wiring. These fires result in over 350 deaths and over 1,400 injuries each year. [6]
Fire statistics draw attention to the magnitude of smouldering combustion as the leading cause of fire deaths in residential areas (more than 25% of the fire deaths in the United States are attributed to smoulder-initiated fires, with similar figures in other developed countries).
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Emerging evidence shows that HAP is also a risk factor for cataracts, the leading cause of blindness in lower-middle-income countries, and low birth weight. [15] Cooking with open fires or unsafe stoves is a leading cause of burns among women and children in developing countries. [16]
Pages in category "Residential building fires in the United States" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .