Through January 10, 2012
80 residential fire fatalities (non-arson) have been compiled through Internet searches of media websites this year.
Residential Fire Fatalities in the News
Daily Update (available Monday - Friday)
The Nation's news media is reporting the following residential fire (non-arson) fatalities:
Tuesday, January 10
- 3 dead
- Garden City, KS - A 26-year-old woman, 6-year-old girl and 1 year-old girl died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 2 dead
- Essex, MD - A 63-year-old woman and a 41-year-old woman died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 2 dead
- Philadelphia, PA - A man and a woman died in an apartment fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Dover, DE - A 53-year-old man died in an apartment fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Ludington, MI - A 53-year-old woman died in an apartment fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Austin, TX - One person died in a house fire. Cause of the fire was a gas leak explosion.
- 1 dead
- Mingo County, WV - A woman died in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Douglas County, GA - A woman died in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Monday, January 9
- 2 dead
- Glengary, WV -Two individuals died in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 2 dead
- Detroit, MI - A 69-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 2 dead
- Margate, NJ - A 74-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 2 dead
- Faulkner County, AR - A 63-year-old woman and a 7-year-old girl died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 2 dead
- Erie, PA - A 51-year-old woman and a man were killed in an apartment fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 2 dead
- Poplar Bluff, MO - A 12-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy were killed in a house fire. There were no working smoke detectors in the house. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- New Haven, NY - An unidentified man died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Speed, NC - An unidentified person died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Pollock Pines, CA - A 68-year-old man died in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Johnson County, KY - A 46-year-old man died in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Bamberg County, SC - A 4-year-old girl died in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Northland Township, MN - A 77-year-old woman died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Suffolk County, NY - A 63-year-old woman died in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Negley, OH - An elderly man died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Whittier, CA - A 12-year-old girl died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Randall County, TX - An unidentified man died in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Bay Point, CA - A 60-year-old woman died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Anoka, MN - A 61-year-old man died in an apartment fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Chicago, IL - A 32-year-old woman died in an apartment fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Sacramento, CA - A 60-year-old person died in a house fire. Cause is related to careless smoking.
- 1 dead
- Corpus Christi, TX - A 71-year-old woman died in a house fire. An over-crowded extension cord in the living room started the fire.
- 1 dead
- Eagle Park, IL - A 38-year-old man died in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- North Wilkesboro, NC - A man died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Friday, January 6
- 1 dead
- Louisville, KY - A 33-year-old woman died yesterday from injuries suffered in an apartment fire on December 11. The fire began after food was left unattended on the stove.
- 1 dead
- Port Hope, MI - A 74-year-old woman died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Roebuck, NC - A 36-year-old man died in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Baltimore, MD - An 84-year-old woman died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Fort Smith, OK - A 60-year-old man died in a house fire. The cause of the fire was combustibles too close to an electric space heater.
- 1 dead
- Mt. Airy, MO - A 79-year-old man died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Vonore, TN - A 65-year-old man died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Thursday, January 5
- 2 dead
- Aberdeen, NC - An 81-year-old woman and her 60-year-old daughter died in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Hamilton, IL - A 5-month-old baby girl died in an apartment fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Georges Township, PA - A 78-year-old woman died in a house fire. The fatality occurred due to a stove fire.
- 1 dead
- Coshocton, OH - A 65-year-old man died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Pineville, SC - An unidentified man died in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Wednesday, January 4
- 1 dead
- Boston, MA - An elderly man died in an apartment fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Berlin, WI - A 53-year-old man died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- St. Paul, MN - A man died in a house fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Chicago, IL - A man died in an apartment fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Information on residential fire fatalities is compiled from a daily Internet search of news media reports throughout the country. The primary purpose is to distribute fire safety and prevention materials through the news media and fire departments in the local area affected by the fire.
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