Residential Building Intentional Fire Trends (2014-2023)

National estimates

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

• 17,200 fires.
• 290 deaths.
• 600 injuries.
• $631,100,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

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

• A 20% increase in fires.
• A 3% decrease in deaths.
  In 2017, the peak in the estimate of fire deaths included 12 reported multifatality fire incidents.
• A 4% increase in injuries.
• A 26% increase in dollar loss.^*
  A reported $110,000,000 under-construction apartment complex fire in Waltham, Massachusetts, contributed to the 2017 dollar-loss peak. A reported $80,000,000 under-construction apartment and hotel complex fire in St. Paul, Minnesota, contributed to the 2020 dollar-loss peak.

* 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