National estimates

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

• 7,000 fires.
• 255 deaths.
• 675 injuries.
• $408,700,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

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

• A 1% decrease in fires.
• A 20% decrease in deaths.
• A 4% decrease in injuries.
• A 52% increase in dollar loss.^*
  The 2022 high-dollar loss fires included a $15,100,000 apartment building fire in Big Spring, Texas.

* 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