| THE TEN MOST CATASTROPHIC MULTIPLE-DEATH FIRES, 2012 (1) |
|
| Rank |
Month |
State |
Type of facility |
Deaths |
| 1 |
January |
Florida |
Motor vehicle crash/fire |
11 |
| 2 |
March |
West Virginia |
Single-family home |
9 |
| 3 |
February |
New Jersey |
Two-family home |
5 |
| 4 |
March |
Arkansas |
Two-family home |
5 |
| 5 |
July |
New Jersey |
Apartments – six units |
5 |
| 6 |
October |
Maryland |
Single-family home |
5 |
| 7 |
November |
Missouri |
Apartments – eight units |
5 |
| 8 |
November |
Ohio |
Single-family home |
5 |
| 9 |
December |
Oklahoma |
Single-family home |
5 |
| 10 |
March |
North Carolina |
Aircraft crash/fire |
4 |
(1) Fires that kill five or more people in home property, or three or more people in nonhome or nonstructural property.
Source: National Fire Protection Association. |
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