National estimates

The 2023 national estimates for residential building electrical malfunction fires and losses show that there were:

• 23,700 fires.
• 305 deaths.
• 800 injuries.
• $1,501,600,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

Overall trends for residential building electrical malfunction fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2014 to 2023 show the following:

• A 2% increase in fires.
• A 19% decrease in deaths.
• A 2% increase in injuries.
• A 28% increase in dollar loss.^*
  The 2022 high-dollar-loss fires included an $11,000,000 apartment building fire in Belton, Missouri.

* 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

• Fires
• Deaths
• Injuries
• $ Loss