Residential building fire injury causes (2013-2022)

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National estimates

The 2022 national estimates for the leading causes of residential building fire injuries show that there were:

Overall trends in the leading fire injury causes for the 10-year period of 2013 to 2022 show the following:

Cooking was the leading cause of residential building fire injuries for the 10-year period.
A 36% decrease in residential cooking fire injuries.
A 51% increase in residential other unintentionally or carelessly set fire injuries.
In 2020 and 2021, 64 and 68 reported multiple injury fire incidents, respectively, may have contributed to the increase in the estimate of fire injuries. The 2020 multiple injury fire incidents included a high-rise apartment building fire in Bronx, New York, with 29 injuries.
A 15% decrease in residential open-flame fire injuries.
A 7% increase in residential electrical malfunction fire injuries.

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Cooking	4225	4125	3775	3475	3300	3100	3550	3175	3000	2350
Other unintentional, careless	1075	1075	1350	1325	1300	1450	1650	1800	1700	1375
Open flame	1150	1050	975	925	900	975	1000	975	975	850
Electrical malfunction	875	925	850	800	750	825	1050	975	900	850
Smoking	850	775	675	750	700	700	750	725	750	700
Intentional	725	625	650	625	700	700	750	725	700	675