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The Nation's news media is reporting the following residential fire (non-arson) fatalities:
Monday, January 11
- 3 dead – Occurred Monday, 1/11 – Meridian, MS: Three people were killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 3 dead – Occurred Sunday, 1/10 – Opelousas, LA (Lafayette, LA): A 23-year-old woman, her three-year-old son and two-year-old daughter were killed in a home fire. The home had no smoke alarms. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 2 dead – Occurred Sunday, 1/10 – Mobile, AL: A 68-year-old man and his son, believed to be in his 40s, were killed in a manufactured home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 2 dead – Occurred Sunday, 1/10 – Palo, MI (Grand Rapids, MI): Two men, both in their 50s, were killed in a group home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 2 dead – Occurred Sunday, 1/10 – Jasper, IN (Evansville, IN): Two elderly people were killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire was careless smoking.
- 2 dead – Occurred Saturday, 1/9 – Elizabethton, TN (Tri-Cities, TN): Two people were killed in a manufactured home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead – Occurred Monday, 1/11 – Edmonds, WA (Tacoma, WA): A woman in her 70s was killed in a home fire. The home had no smoke alarms. The cause of the fire was careless smoking.
- 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 1/10 – Sweeny, TX (Houston, TX): A four-year-old boy was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 1/10 – Little Rock, AR: A 51-year-old man was killed in a home fire. Fire officials believe the fire was caused by careless smoking.
- 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 1/10 – Washington, MO (St. Louis, MO): A 61-year-old man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead – Occurred Saturday, 1/9 – Fruitvale, CO (Grand Junction - Montrose, CO): A 45-year-old man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead – Occurred Saturday, 1/9 – Woodland, NC (Raleigh - Durham, NC): A 75-year-old woman was killed in a manufactured home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead – Occurred Saturday, 1/9 – Denham Springs, LA (Baton Rouge, LA): A man was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead – Occurred Saturday, 1/9 – Kansas City, KS (Kansas City, MO): An 81-year-old man was killed in a home fire. Fire officials believe space heaters caused the fire.
- 1 dead – Occurred Friday, 1/8 – Midway, GA (Savannah, GA): A two-month-old boy was killed in a home fire. The fire was caused by a wood-burning stove.
- 1 dead – Occurred Friday, 1/8 – Caddo, LA (Shreveport, LA): An elderly man, believed to be homeless, was killed in a vacant manufactured home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead – Occurred Friday, 1/8 – Shreveport, LA: A man was killed in a home fire. The fire was caused by a propane cooking burner being used for heat.
- 1 dead – Occurred Friday, 1/8 – Kearney, NE (Lincoln, NE): An 81-year-old man was killed in a home fire. Fire officials believe the fire was caused by an electrical malfunction in a heating pad, placed on an upholstered chair.
To find out more about any of the reported incidents, please contact news media in the vicinity where the fatal fire occurred. USFA does not have any additional information other than what is listed here.
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