Fires by property type

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Assemblies eating and drinking establishments; religious and funeral properties
Business and mercantile Service stations; office properties; stores
Educational properties fires in educational properties; largest loss in educational structures; schools with 10 or more deaths
Health care facilities Includes nursing homes; hospitals or hospices; mental health facilities; and clinics or doctors’ offices
High-rise building fires Analysis and discussion on the fire experience and risk in high-rise vs. other properties
Industrial and manufacturing facilities
Prisons and jails Fires in prisons and jails; deadliest prison fires in the U.S.
Residential Homes; manufactured homes; hotels; dorms, and more.
Storage Barns; warehouses; LP-gas bulk storage; liquid tank storage
Vacant buildings fires in vacant buildings