House Fires

I would like to share some wonderful information provided to us Real Estate Agents in North Alabama by one of our Local Home Inspectors, Jerry Owens, with Accurate Property Inspections. This helpful homeowners information is regarding the causes of Residential Structure Fires. Did you know these following statistics:

28.9 % of fires are caused by cooking
11.5% of fires are caused by heating
6.3% of fires are caused from "suspicious causes"
5.1% of fires are caused from flames, sparks, or such from other heating items
2.1% of fires are due to faulty appliances, HVAC units, etc.
1.9% of fires are created from smoking
1.2% of fires caused from eletrical distribution (that's always the one that worries me!)
.9% of fires are caused by other equipment
And finally, .4% are caused by children playing

The most injuries from fire (16.7%) are caused by cooking fires while 6% of injuries are caused from "smoking" related fires.

Hope you find this information helpful!