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Home Fire Safety – Top 5 Causes of Fires

The top 5 causes of fires are:

Cooking,  Heating, Electrical,  Smoking, and Candles

Reproduced from NFPA’s website, www.nfpa.org/publiceducation. © NFPA.

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