- Author
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Hall, J. R., Jr.
- Title
- Update on the Auxiliary Heating Fire Problem.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Assoc., Quincy, MA
- Journal
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Fire Journal,
Vol. 80,
No. 2,
52-55, 57, 59-62,
March 1986
- Keywords
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space heaters
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stoves
- Abstract
- From 1979 to 1980, the number of fires involving solid-fueled auxiliary heating equipment in one- and two-family dwellings rose by two-thirds. This dramatic jump produced an increase in the total number of fires in one- and two-family dwellings, despite decreases in the number of fires due to other causes. In 1983, fires involving all types of auxiliary heating equipment killed nearly 700 people and caused nearly $500 million in direct property damage.