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There were 1,755,000 fires in the United States in 1998. Of these:

41% were Outside Fires
29% were Structure Fires
22% were Vehicle Fires
8 % were fires of other types

Residential fires represent 22 percent of all fires and 74 percent of structure fires.

Fires in 1-2 family dwellings most often start in the: Kitchen 23.5% | Bedroom 12.7% | Living Room 7.9% | Chimney 7.1% | Laundry Area 4.7%

Apartment fires most often start in the: Kitchen 46.1%
Bedroom 12.3%
Living Room 6.2%
Laundry Area 3.3%
Bathroom 2.4%

The South has the highest fire death rate per-capita with 18.4 civilian deaths per million population.

80 percent of all fatalities occur in the home. Of those, approximately 85 percent occur in single-family homes and duplexes.