Candle fires in the home (U.S.): 1980-2001

Year	Fires	Civilian deaths	Civilian injuries	Direct property damage(in millions)	Adjusted loss (in millions)in 2001 dollars
1980	8,200	30	510	$38.1	$83.3
1981	7,900	110	440	$40.2	$79.4
1982	7,300	80	460	$39.2	$73.0
1983	6,700	100	510	$43.8	$75.7
1984	6,700	100	560	$48.7	$81.3
1985	6,900	70	580	$55.9	$91.8
1986	6,500	110	560	$70.4	$111.4
1987	6,400	100	570	$49.6	$75.5
1988	6,700	80	680	$60.3	$87.5
1989	6,300	100	650	$62.3	$85.8
1990	5,500	90	560	$62.5	$82.5
1991	5,900	60	660	$81.5	$104.5
1992	6,100	100	600	$61.0	$75.9
1993	6,300	80	630	$83.6	$101.5
1994	7,200	80	850	$86.9	$102.5
1995	8,400	80	910	$117.6	$134.9
1996	9,900	130	1,140	$170.6	$191.2
1997	11,600	160	1,200	$171.1	$188.9
1998	12,500	160	1,110	$176.1	$190.0
1999	15,000	100	1,470	$275.9	$288.3
2000	15,700	130	1,710	$326.9	$332.2
2001	18,000	190	1,450	$265.2	$265.2
1980-2001 annual average	8,700	100	810	$108.5	$131.9
1999-2001 annual average	16,300	140	1,540	$289.3	$295.2

These are national estimates of fires reported to U.S. municipal fire departments and exclude fires reported only to federal or state agencies or industrial fire brigades. National estimates are projections. Casualty and loss projections can be heavily influenced by the inclusion or exclusion of one unusually serious fire. Fires are rounded to the nearest hundred, civilian deaths and injuries are rounded to the nearest ten, and direct property damage is rounded to the nearest hundred thousand. A proportional share of fires in which the heat source was unknown or unreported is included in these totals.

Homes include dwellings, duplexes, manufactured housing and apartments.

Source: National Fire Incident Reporting System and the National Fire Protection Association survey. Inflation adjustments were based on Table No. 212, "Purchasing Power of the Dollar," U.S. Census Bureau's Statistical Abstract of the United States:2003, 123rd Edition, 2003.

Updated: 09/04