Residential Building Smoking Fire Trends (2010‑2019)

National Estimates

The 2019 national estimates for residential building smoking fires and losses show that there were:

• 7,000 fires.
• 320 deaths.
• 750 injuries.
• $314,400,000 in dollar loss.

Overall Trends

Overall trends for residential building smoking fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2010 to 2019 show the following:

• A 10% decrease in fires.
• A 6% increase in deaths. In 2018, 7 reported multifatality fire incidents (including one resulting in 6 deaths) may have contributed to the increase in the estimate of fire deaths.
• A 30% decrease in injuries.
• An 11% decrease in dollar loss. (This overall constant dollar-loss trend takes inflation into account by adjusting each year's dollar loss to its equivalent 2019 value.)