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Burn and Fire-related Injury Prevention

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Burns and Fire-Related Injury Prevention

Quick Facts

  • Nationally, what percentage of fire-related deaths were the result of home fires?
    83%
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  • In 2008, U.S. fire departments responded to 386,500 home fires. These fires killed 2,755 civilians. Eighty-three percent of all fire deaths resulted from home fires.