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.
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