Residential Fire Fatalities in the News
Daily Update (available Monday - Friday)
The Nation's news media is reporting the following residential fire (non-arson) fatalities:
Friday, November 20
- 3 dead
- Chaparral, NM (El Paso, TX) – A 20-year-old mother, her 14-month-old daughter, and 17-year-old brother were killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Hope Mills, NC (Raleigh — Durham, NC) – A man was killed in a home fire. An electrical malfunction caused the fire.
- 1 dead
- Independence, KY (Cincinnati, OH) – A 73-year-old woman was killed in a home fire. The cause of fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Peoria, IL – A 55-year-old man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
To find out more about any of the reported incidents...
Please contact news media in the vicinity where the fatal fire occurred. USFA does not have any additional information other than what is listed on this page.
Thursday, November 19
- 1 dead
- Van Nuys, CA (Los Angeles, CA) – An 65-year-old woman was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Vernal, UT (Salt Lake City, UT) – A man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Houston, TX – A woman was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Wednesday, November 18
- 2 dead
- Farmington, NM (Albuquerque, NM) – A man and a woman were killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The home had no working smoke alarms.
- 1 dead
- Philadelphia, PA – An 85-year-old woman was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Mobley, WV (Wheeling, WV Ð Steubenville, OH) – A man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Tuesday, November 17
- 4 dead
- Bridgeport, CT (New York, NY) – A 22-year-old mother and her three children ages, five and four-year-old twins were killed in an apartment fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 2 dead
- Macon, GA – Two children, ages 12 and four-years-old were killed in a home fire. A small space heater started the fire.
- 1 dead
- Bardstown, KY(Louisville, KY) – A man was killed in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Monday, November 16
- 2 dead
- Belvidere, SD (Rapid City, SD) – Two people were killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 2 dead
- Tamarac, FL (Miami - Fort Lauderdale, FL) – A man and woman in their 20s were killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 2 dead
- Niagara Falls, NY (Buffalo, NY) – A 34-year-old woman and her 10-year-old daughter were killed in a home fire. The fire was caused by an unattended cooking.
- 1 dead
- New York, NY – A person was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Port Richey, FL (Tampa - St. Petersburg, FL) – An eight-year-old boy was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Cairo, GA (Tallahassee, FL - Thomasville, GA) – A man was killed in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead
- Bluefield, VA – A man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Information on residential fire fatalities is compiled for the USFA's Quick Response Program from a daily Google search of news media reports throughout the country. The primary purpose of the Quick Response program is to distribute fire safety and prevention materials through the news media and fire departments in the local
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