Residential Building Cooking Fire Trends (2014-2023)
National estimates
The 2023 national estimates for residential building cooking fires and losses show that there were:
- 167,800 fires.
- 125 deaths.
- 2,500 injuries.
- $572,700,000 in dollar loss.
Overall trends
Overall trends for residential building cooking fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2014 to 2023 show the following:
- An 11% decrease in fires.
- A 49% decrease in deaths.
- A 37% decrease in injuries.
- A 15% decrease in dollar loss.*
* This overall constant dollar-loss trend takes inflation into account by adjusting each year's dollar loss to its equivalent 2023 value.
Fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss (2014-2023)
Residential building cooking fires (2014-2023)
Residential building cooking fires (2014-2023) | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Fires | 189800 | 193400 | 183300 | 191800 | 192700 | 178100 | 192600 | 170000 | 178600 | 167800 |
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Residential building cooking fire deaths (2014-2023)
Residential building cooking fire deaths (2014-2023) | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Deaths | 250 | 165 | 170 | 170 | 170 | 150 | 140 | 135 | 100 | 125 |
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Residential building cooking fire injuries (2014-2023)
Residential building cooking fire injuries (2014-2023) | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Injuries | 4125 | 3775 | 3475 | 3300 | 3100 | 3550 | 3175 | 3000 | 2350 | 2500 |
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Residential building cooking fire dollar loss (2014-2023)
Residential building cooking fire dollar loss (2014-2023)Year | Dollar loss |
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2014 | 703200000 |
2015 | 636100000 |
2016 | 544500000 |
2017 | 518200000 |
2018 | 548300000 |
2019 | 519500000 |
2020 | 548000000 |
2021 | 555700000 |
2022 | 544000000 |
2023 | 572700000 |
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Dollar loss | 703.2 | 636.1 | 544.5 | 518.2 | 548.3 | 519.5 | 548.0 | 555.7 | 544.0 | 572.7 |
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