Do you have fire extinguishers in your home? HOME FIRES U.S. home structure fires In 2011, U.S. fire departments responded to 370,000 home structure fires. These fires caused 13,910 civilian injuries, 2,520 civilian deaths, $6.9 billion in direct damage. Fact sheet: home structure fires in the U.S. (PDF, 51 KB) 92% of all civilian structure fire deaths resulted from home structure fires. Cooking is the leading cause of home structure fires and home fire injuries. Kitchens are the leading area of origin for home structure fires (42%) and civilian home fire injuries (38%). Only 4% of home fires started in the living room, family room, or den; these fires caused 24% of home fire deaths. Seven percent of reported home fires started in the bedroom. These fires caused 25% of home fire deaths, 20% of home fire injuries, and 14% of the direct property damage. Smoking is a leading cause of civilian home fire deaths. Home structure fires peak around dinner hours between 5:00 and 8:00 pm. Three out of five reported home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarm present (37%), or at least one was present but none operated (23%). Most fatal fires kill one or two people. In 2011, 12 home fires killed five or more people. These 12 fires resulted in 67 deaths.
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