Thursday, March 4

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The Nation's news media is reporting the following residential fire (non-arson) fatalities:

Thursday, March 4

  • 3 dead – Occurred Thursday, 3/4 – Baltimore, MD:  Three people were killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  • 2 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 3/3 – Holmdel, NJ (New York, NY):  A man and women were killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Thursday, 3/4 – Pearland, TX (Houston, TX):  A person was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
  • 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 3/3 – Wellsburg, WV (Wheeling, WV – Steubenville, OH):  A 40-year-old man was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
  • 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 3/3 – St. George, UT (Salt Lake City, UT):  A 55-year-old man was killed in a home fire.  The fire was caused by careless smoking. 
  • 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 3/3 – Muskogee, OK (Tulsa, OK):  A 67-year-old woman was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
  • 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 3/3 – Hemet, CA (Palm Springs, CA):  A person was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
  • 1 dead – Occurred Friday, 2/26 – Hyattsville, MD (Washington, DC):  On Wednesday, 3/3, a 39-year-old man succumbed to injuries sustained in a home fire that occurred on Friday, 2/26.  The fire was caused by an overloaded extension cord powering a space heater. 

Wednesday, March 3

  • 3 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 3/2 – Detroit, MI:  Three children, ages three, four, and five-years-old were killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 3/3 – Citrus Heights, CA (Sacramento, CA):  A disabled 63-year-old man was killed in a manufactured home fire.  Officials said the man had a history of smoking in bed.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
  • 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 3/3 – Oahu, HA (Honolulu, HA):  An 89-year-old woman was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  • 1 dead – Occurred Wednesday, 3/3 – Rockford, IL:  A 59-year-old woman was killed in a home fire.  The cause is under investigation. 
  • 1 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 3/2 – Girard, MT (Fargo, ND):  A person was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
  • 1 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 3/2 – Warren, OH (Youngstown, OH):  A four-year-old boy was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
  • 1 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 3/2 – Little Canada, MN (Minneapolis – St. Paul, MN):  An 88-year-old woman was killed in a condominium fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 

Tuesday, March 2

  • 2 dead – Occurred Monday, 3/1 – Chattanooga, TN:  Two children, a seven-month-old girl and a three-year-old boy were killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
  • 1 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 3/2 – Detroit, MI:  A 67-year-old man was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
  • 1 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 3/2 – White Oak, PA (Pittsburg, PA):  A person was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
  • 1 dead – Occurred Tuesday, 3/2 – Lawrence County, OH (Charleston – Huntington, WV):  An 80-year-old man was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
  • 1 dead – Occurred Monday, 3/1 – Fayette Township, OH (Toledo, OH):  An 80-year-old man was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.  No working smoke alarms were found in the home. 
  • 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 2/28 – Cedar Lake Township, MN (Minneapolis – St. Paul, MN):  A 52-year-old woman was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
  • 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 2/28 – Fullerton, CA (Los Angeles, CA):  A 74-year-old woman was killed in a 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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