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Nonresidential Building Other Unintentional, Careless Fire Trends (2011‑2020)

National estimates

The 2020 national estimates for nonresidential building other unintentional, careless fires and loss show that there were:

  • 12,200 fires.
  • $539,200,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

Overall trends for nonresidential building other unintentional, careless fires and loss for the 10-year period of 2011 to 2020 show the following:

  • A 54% increase in fires.
  • A 27% increase in dollar loss.*
    A $100,000,000 West, Texas, fertilizer plant fire and a $40,000,000 Burlington, Wisconsin, manufacturing plant fire contributed to the 2013 dollar-loss peak. A $31,000,000 reported fire in a Los Angeles, California, religious property and a $25,250,000 reported warehouse fire in Hopkins, Minnesota, contributed to the 2015 and 2016 dollar-loss peaks, respectively.
*This overall constant dollar-loss trend takes inflation into account by adjusting each year's dollar loss to its equivalent 2020 value.

Fires and dollar loss

Deaths and injuries by individual causes are not shown, as small numbers of nonresidential building casualties are reported to the NFIRS, and many of the fires that caused these casualties have insufficient information to determine fire cause.

Nonresidential building other unintentional, careless fires

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Fires84009100860010000109001070012300119001280012200

Nonresidential building other unintentional, careless fire dollar loss

YearDollar loss
2011319300000
2012375000000
2013626200000
2014422100000
2015579800000
2016581900000
2017495700000
2018521500000
2019438300000
2020539200000