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Every day, at least one child dies from a home fire and another 293 children are
                                ires or burns. Ninety percent of all fire-related deaths are due to
                   injured from f
                       home fires. Home fires can spread rapidly and leave families as little as
                                      two minutes to escape after an alarm sounds.
                                                                                         1

                     Children under 5 years of age are at the greatest risk from home fire death
                     and injury; their death rate is nearly twice the national average. Each year,


                               nearly 488 children ages 14 and under die in home fires, and
                                                                                                                                     incident. 2
                       another 116,600 children are injured from a fire/burn related




                                                                                                    1 Safe Kids, 2013
                                                                                                    2 Karter, 2010

















































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