U.S. Fire Administration Civilian Fire Fatality Notification Update

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

Monday, March 22

• 3 dead – Occurred Monday, 3/22 – Reno, OH (Parkersburg, WV):  Three people were killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
• 2 dead – Occurred Monday, 3/22 – Long Beach, CA (Los Angeles, CA):  An elderly couple in their 70s were killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
• 2 dead – Occurred Sunday, 3/21 – Lowes, KY (Paducah, KY Cape; Girardeau, MO; Harrisburg, IL):  Two men, ages 29 and 28-years-old were killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
• 2 dead – Occurred Sunday, 3/21 – Jacksonville, FL:  Two men were killed in an apartment fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.  The apartment had no working smoke alarms. 
• 2 dead – Occurred Friday, 3/19 – Chapel Hill, NC (Raleigh – Durham, NC):  Two people were killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
• 1 dead – Occurred Monday, 3/22 – South Bend, IN:  An 80-year-old man was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
• 1 dead – Occurred Monday, 3/22 – Clinton, MD (Washington, DC):  An eight-year-old girl was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. The home had a non-functional smoke alarm.
• 1 dead – Occurred Monday, 3/22 – Los Angeles, CA:  A 77-year-old man was killed in an apartment fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
• 1 dead – Occurred Monday, 3/22 – Deerfield, NH (Boston, MA):  A person was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
• 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 3/21 – Gardena, CA (Los Angeles, CA):  A 61-year-old man was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
• 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 3/21 – Oak Orchard, DE (Salisbury, MD):  A man was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.  The home had no smoke alarms.
• 1 dead – Occurred Sunday, 3/21 – Cass City, MI (Flint, MI):  A 27-year-old man was killed home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
• 1 dead – Occurred Saturday, 3/20 – Santa Fe, TX (Houston, TX):  A woman was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Saturday, 3/20 – Chico, CA (Chico - Redding, CA):  A man was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.
• 1 dead – Occurred Saturday, 3/20 – Lubbock, TX:  An eight-month-old girl was killed in a manufactured home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
• 1 dead – Occurred Saturday, 3/20 – Frankford, PA (Philadelphia, PA):  A woman was killed in a home fire.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 
• 1 dead – Occurred Friday, 3/19 – Mesena, GA (Augusta, GA):  A 49-year-old man 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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