Overall, cigarettes are the leading cause of death from residential fires.

More than 20,000 people are injured in residential fires each year.

It was one of almost a dozen residential fires around the country that killed more than 25 people.

A minor residential fire was reported - by a 911 call - at 3:37 and put out a short time later, a department spokesman said.

To be sure, the proportion of residential fires caused by lightning is relatively low.

They are the leading cause of fatal residential fires nationwide, killing some 1,000 people every year.

Every year, there are more than 500,000 residential fires serious enough to be reported to fire departments.

With the help of concerned consumers, the number or residential fires has declined about 30 percent since 1980.

Purchase of the quint brought the Department up to national standards for response to a residential fire.

About 400,000 Americans suffer a residential fire each year, and few are prepared for it.