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According to the U.S. Fire Administration, an estimated 2,495 civilian fire fatalities resulted from 360,900 residential building fires annually from 2009 to 2011. Of the total residential building fires, 1,600 of them resulted in fatalities. The overall fatality rate was …

Over 70 percent of all civilian fire injuries occur as a result of residential building fires, according to the latest report issued by the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA). The report, Civilian Fire Injuries in Residential Buildings, which examines the characteristics …