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Residential Building Smoking Fire Trends (2011‑2020)

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National estimates

The 2020 national estimates for residential building smoking fires and losses show that there were:

  • 7,900 fires.
  • 330 deaths.
  • 725 injuries.
  • $368,900,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

Overall trends for residential building smoking fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2011 to 2020 show the following:

  • A 12% decrease in fires.
  • An 8% increase in deaths.
    In 2018, 7 reported multifatality fire incidents (including 1 resulting in 6 deaths) may have contributed to the increase in the estimate of fire deaths.
  • A 26% decrease in injuries.
  • A 0.3% increase in dollar loss.
    This overall constant dollar-loss trend takes inflation into account by adjusting each year’s dollar loss to its equivalent 2020 value.

Fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss

Residential building smoking fires

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Fires7800960080007600800077007800770070007900

Residential building smoking fire deaths

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Deaths305330320325320375300390320330

Residential building smoking fire injuries

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Injuries1050800850775675750700700750725

Residential building smoking fire dollar loss

YearDollar loss
2011341100000
2012392400000
2013317200000
2014251400000
2015279300000
2016301400000
2017319900000
2018328700000
2019318300000
2020368900000
2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Dollar loss341.1392.4317.2251.4279.3301.4319.9328.7318.3368.9