| Rank |
Month |
State |
Type of facility |
Deaths |
| 1 |
February |
Georgia |
Sugar refinery plant and complex |
14 |
| 2 |
April |
Pennsylvania |
Single-family house |
10 |
| 3 |
August |
California |
Wildfire |
9 |
| 4 |
March |
Ohio |
Single-family house |
7 |
| 5 |
August |
Tennessee |
Single-family house |
7 |
| 6 |
December |
Pennsylvania |
Single-family house |
7 |
| 7 |
January |
Ohio |
Single-family house |
6 |
| 8 |
June |
Louisiana |
Single-family house |
6 |
| 9 |
October |
New York |
18-unit apartment building |
5 |
| 10 |
January |
Texas |
Single-family manufactured house |
5 |
(1) Fires that kill five or more people in residential property, or three or more people in nonresidential or nonstructural property.
Source: National Fire Protection Agency. |