Every year, 4,000 Americans die in fires.
The vast majority of those deaths occur at
home—each year, 100,000 homes are destroyed,
40,000 family pets
are killed. The LEADING CAUSE of death in a
fire is asphyxiation. Fire consumes the
oxygen in the air and increases the amount
of deadly carbon monoxide, which causes a
loss of consciousness or death within
minutes. Fire victims rarely SEE the flames
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