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 I 1 to au 2 while only a portion of casualties occur in fires it has been estimated that more than coper cent of the total number of fires involving damage to property each year take place in the home and according to statistics there la Is a home fire every four minutes defective flues chimneys and heating plants and sparks on the root roof are reported as the known originating causes of largest fire losses during I 1 1029 during the same year the national property loss traceable to these sources was ft as estimated at |