COOKING FIRES

8/19/2021 (Permalink)

Fast Facts

• Cooking fires are the number one cause of home fires and home fire injuries
• Home fires are more likely to start in the kitchen than any other room in your home
• Unattended cooking causes nearly 90 percent of all kitchen fires.
• Cooking was the cause of 36% of all structure fires in 2002
• The number of home fires the American Red Cross has responded to has risen 10% since 2000.
• Every two and a half hours someone is killed in a home fire. In a typical year, 20,000 people are injured in home fires
• Having a working smoke alarm reduces one’s chances of dying in a fire by nearly half.

https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/atg/PDF_s/Preparedness___Disaster_Recovery/Disaster_Preparedness/Home_Fire/FireCookingFactSheet.pdf

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