Civilian fire deaths declined in 1986, survey reports
Civilian fire deaths and the number of fires were down approximately five percent last year, according to a national survey, keeping with a stagnant rate of decline during the past five years.
Fire took the lives of 5,850 civilians last year, 5.4 percent fewer than in 1985, the National Fire Protection Association reports in its annual fire loss survey. The number of fires last year— 2,271,500 took a similar drop from the previous year, 4.2 percent.
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