Show fire statistics Stati itic fire statistics reveal that the total annual loss by fire Is approximately lives and the ratio of deaths to injuries Is 1 to while only a portion of casualties occur in fires it has been estimated that more than GO peri per cent of the total number of ores involving damage to property each year take place in the home and according to statistics there Is a home fire every four minutes detective defective flues chimneys and heating plants and sparks on the roof are reported as the known originating causes of largest ire fire losses during I 1 1029 during the same year the notional national property loss traci traceable able to these sources was estimated at 50 SO |