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The Nation's news media is reporting the following residential fire (non-arson) fatalities:
Wednesday, January 13
- 4 dead – Occurred Monday, 1/11 – Lawrence County, IL (Rockford, IL): A 33-year-old woman, her two daughters, ages nine and five-years-old, and her six-month-old son, were killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 2 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 1/13 – Kansas City, KS : A two-year-old girl and a one-year-old boy were killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The home had no working smoke alarms.
- 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 1/13 –Philadelphia, PA: A person was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 1/13 – Blanchester, OH (Cincinnati, OH): A 69-year-old woman was killed in an apartment fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 1/13 – Roseville, IL (Davenport, IA – Rock Island – Moline, IL): A man in his 40s was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 1/13 – Wedowee, AL (Atlanta, GA): A 76-year-old man was killed in a manufactured home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 1/12 – Livingston, LA (Baton Rouge, LA): A bedridden man was killed in a manufactured home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 1/12 – Round Rock, TX (Austin, TX): A person was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 1/12 – Huntingtown, MD (Washington, DC): A 79-year-old woman was killed in a home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- 1 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 1/12 – Jacksonville, FL: A seven-month-old boy died from injuries sustained in a home fire that took place the night before Thanksgiving. The fire was caused by a space heater.
- 1 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 1/12 – Murfreesboro, TN (Nashville, TN): A 55-year-old man was killed in an apartment fire. The fire was caused by the man smoking while using oxygen.
- 1 dead – Occurred Monday, 1/11 – New Braunfels, TX (San Antonio, TX): A 53-year-old man was killed in a home fire. The fire was caused by the misuse of an open-flame fire bowl.
- 1 dead – Occurred Monday, 1/11 – Lenoir, NC (Charlotte, NC): A 61-year-old woman died from injuries sustained in an apartment fire that occurred on 1/6. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
- 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 1/10 – Lakeland, GA (Tallahassee, FL – Thomasville, GA): A 51-year-old man was killed in a mobile home fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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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