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Statistics</a></li><li><a href="/statistics/data-sets/">Data Sets</a></li></ul></div></div></nav></div><div class="col-12 col-lg-9"><div class="row text-center"><div class="col-12 col-md-6 mb-5"><h2 class="h3">Firefighter fatalities in 2025</h2><a href="https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/" class="fffatcount25 display-4 fw-bolder text-danger text-decoration-none"> </a></div><div class="col-12 col-md-6 mb-5"><h2 class="h3">Home fire fatalities in 2025</h2><a href="https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/civilian-fatalities/" class="civfattotal25 display-4 fw-bolder text-danger text-decoration-none"> </a></div></div><div class="row text-center"><div class="col-12 col-md-6 p-3 p-md-4 p-lg-5 bg-secondary text-white d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center"><p class="display-4 mb-0">The risk of death or injury from fire is not the same for everyone. For some groups of people, fire risk is more severe.</p></div><div class="col-12 col-md-6 p-3 p-md-4 p-lg-5 border border-secondary d-flex flex-column justify-content-between"><p class="display-6">Men are more likely to die and be injured in fires.</p><div class="table-responsive"><table class="table fs-5 text-center"><thead><tr><th><span class="visually-hidden">Sex</span></th><th scope="col">Deaths</th><th scope="col">Injuries</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th scope="row">Male</th><td>61.3%</td><td>60.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Female</th><td>38.7%</td><td>39.7%</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><p class="small"><strong>National fire death rate: 13.3<br>National fire injury rate: 39.8</strong><br>per million population (2022)</p></div><div><a href="/statistics/deaths-injuries/">Get statistics on groups at risk</a></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="container"><div class="row align-content-stretch mb-4 mb-xl-5"><div class="col-12"><h2 class="mb-4">Our latest reports</h2></div><div class="col-12 col-md-6 bg-secondary text-white p-3 p-lg-4 bg-image-gradient stretch-limit d-flex flex-column justify-content-end" data-gradient="linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(44,62,80,.9) 30%, rgba(44,62,80,0))," data-image-src="/img/photos/home_fire_tape.600x400.jpg" data-size="cover" data-posx="50%" data-posy="50%"><h3 class="mb-3 h2"><a class="stretched-link text-reset" href="/statistics/reports/who-fire-impacts/fire-risk-2022-v22i6.html">Fire Risk in 2022</a></h3><p class="fs-5 balance-text">The risk of death or injury from fire is not the same for everyone. This topical fire report explores fire risk for people living in the United States and why for some groups of people, fire risk is more severe.</p></div><div class="col-12 col-md-6"><div class="row h-100"><div class="col-12 border border-end-0 border-top-0 border-start-0 p-3 p-lg-4 p-xl-4"><h3 class="mb-3"><a href="/statistics/reports/firefighters-departments/fire-department-run-profile-v22i1.html">Fire Department Overall Run Profile as Reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System <span class="text-start text-nowrap">(2020)</span></a></h3><p class="balance-text">Fire departments provide invaluable services to communities nationwide. To understand the full role they play in a community, this topical report profiles fire department run activity as reflected in the 2020 NFIRS data.</p></div><div class="col-12 border border-end-0 border-top-0 border-start-0 p-3 p-lg-4 p-xl-4"><h3 class="mb-3"><a href="/statistics/reports/where-fires-occur/snapshot-rv-fires.html">Recreational Vehicle (RV) Fires <span class="text-start text-nowrap">(2018-2020)</span></a></h3><p class="balance-text">This data snapshot provides statistics on RV fire loss, time of alarm, fires by day and month, fire cause, and leading areas of fire origin.</p></div><div class="col-12 border border-end-0 border-top-0 border-start-0 p-3 p-lg-4 p-xl-4"><h3 class="mb-3"><a href="/statistics/reports/fire-causes/portable-heater-fires-residential-buildings-v21i11.html">Portable Heater Fires in Residential Buildings <span class="text-nowrap">(2017-2019)</span></a></h3><p class="balance-text">While portable heater fires in residential buildings were only 3% of all heating fires in residential buildings, their consequences were substantial, accounting for 41% of fatal heating fires in residential buildings. Many of these fires were preventable, as human error was a contributing factor to the fire.</p></div></div></div><div class="col-12 col-md-6 offset-md-6 pt-3"><p><a class="fs-5" href="/statistics/reports/">View all reports</a></p></div></div></section><section class="mb-5 mb-xl-6 container"><div class="row text-center"><div class="col-12 col-lg-5 bg-dark text-white bg-image-gradient border-md border-md-end-0 p-5 d-flex flex-column justify-content-end stretch-limit" data-gradient="linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(44, 62,80,0), rgba(0,0,0,.8))," data-image-src="/img/stories/workplace_safety/burner.1200x800.jpg" data-size="cover" data-posx="50%" data-posy="100%"><div class="mb-3"><span class="badge bg-danger">Fire Estimate Summary Series</span></div><h2>Residential building <span class="text-nowrap">fire causes</span></h2><p>2023 estimate of residential building fires: 344,600</p><p class="lead">Cooking was the leading cause of home fires in 2023.</p><table class="table fw-bold mb-3"><tbody><tr class="align-middle"><td class="text-end text-white">48.7%</td><td class="d-none d-md-table-cell" style="width:40%;min-width:30%"><div class="progress bg-gray-200 bg-opacity-30"><div class="progress-bar bg-danger" role="progressbar" style="width:48.7%" aria-valuenow="48.7" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="48.7" aria-label="48.7%"></div></div></td><td class="text-start text-white text-white text-nowrap">Cooking</td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><td class="text-end text-white">9.2%</td><td class="d-none d-md-table-cell"><div class="progress bg-gray-200 bg-opacity-30"><div class="progress-bar bg-danger" role="progressbar" style="width:9.2%" aria-valuenow="9.2" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="9.2" aria-label="9.2%"></div></div></td><td class="text-start text-white text-white text-nowrap">Unintentional, careless</td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><td class="text-end text-white">8.1%</td><td class="d-none d-md-table-cell"><div class="progress bg-gray-200 bg-opacity-30"><div class="progress-bar bg-danger" role="progressbar" style="width:8.1%" aria-valuenow="8.1" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="8.1" aria-label="8.1%"></div></div></td><td class="text-start text-white text-white text-nowrap">Heating</td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><td class="text-end text-white">6.9%</td><td class="d-none d-md-table-cell"><div class="progress bg-gray-200 bg-opacity-30"><div class="progress-bar bg-danger" role="progressbar" style="width:6.9%" aria-valuenow="6.9" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="6.9" aria-label="6.9%"></div></div></td><td class="text-start text-white text-white text-nowrap">Electrical malfunction</td></tr></tbody></table><p><a class="text-reset stretched-link" href="/statistics/residential-fires/">Get statistics on residential building fires</a></p></div><div class="col-12 col-lg-7 border-md p-5"><h2>U.S. fire department responses (2023)</h2><p class="lead">Emergency medical services (EMS) calls are by far the leading incident type that U.S. fire departments respond to.</p><div id="incidentType"></div><ul class="list-inline text-center"><li class="list-inline-item"><button class="btn btn-sm btn-primary" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#incidentTypeCollapse" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="incidentTypeCollapse">View data in a table</button></li><li class="list-inline-item"><button class="btn btn-sm btn-light" id="export-incidentType"><span class="fa-sharp fa-regular fa-download"></span> Download chart</button></li></ul><div><a href="/statistics/states/">See how your state compares</a></div><div class="collapse" id="incidentTypeCollapse"><table class="table table-sm text-start user-select-all" id="incidentTypeData"><caption><small>Source: National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) 5.0</small></caption><tbody><tr class="align-middle"><th scope="row" class="border-top-0">EMS and Rescue</th><td class="border-top-0 percent text-end">65.2</td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><th scope="row">Good intent</th><td class="percent text-end">11.5</td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><th scope="row">False alarms</th><td class="percent text-end">7.8</td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><th scope="row">Service calls</th><td class="percent text-end">7.6</td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><th scope="row">Fires</th><td class="percent text-end">3.9</td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><th scope="row">All other</th><td class="percent text-end">4.0</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></section><section class="container"><div class="row justify-content-center mb-5 mb-xl-6"><div class="col-12 col-lg-11"><h2 class="mb-4 text-center">Fires, deaths, injuries and <span class="text-nowrap">dollar loss</span></h2><ul class="nav nav-tabs justify-content-center" id="lineCharts" role="tablist"><li class="nav-item" role="presentation"><button class="nav-link fw-bolder active" id="tabFires" data-bs-toggle="tab" data-bs-target="#tabContentFires" type="button" role="tab" aria-controls="tabContentFires" aria-selected="true">Fires</button></li><li class="nav-item" role="presentation"><button class="nav-link fw-bolder" id="tabDeaths" data-bs-toggle="tab" data-bs-target="#tabContentDeaths" type="button" role="tab" aria-controls="tabContentDeaths" aria-selected="false">Deaths</button></li><li class="nav-item" role="presentation"><button class="nav-link fw-bolder" id="tabInjuries" data-bs-toggle="tab" data-bs-target="#tabContentInjuries" type="button" role="tab" aria-controls="tabContentInjuries" aria-selected="false">Injuries</button></li><li class="nav-item" role="presentation"><button class="nav-link fw-bolder" id="tabMoneyLoss" data-bs-toggle="tab" data-bs-target="#tabContentMoneyLoss" type="button" role="tab" aria-controls="tabContentMoneyLoss" aria-selected="false">$ Loss</button></li></ul><div class="border border-gray-300 border-top-0 shadow p-3"><div class="tab-content text-center" id="myTabContent"><div class="tab-pane fade show active" id="tabContentFires" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="tabFires"><h3 class="text-center">Fires (2014-2023)</h3><ul class="list-inline text-center"><li class="list-inline-item mb-3"><button class="btn btn-sm btn-primary" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#FiresCollapse" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="FiresCollapse">View data in a table</button></li><li class="list-inline-item"><button class="btn btn-sm btn-light" id="export-Fires"><span class="fa-sharp fa-regular fa-download"></span> Download chart</button></li></ul><div class="collapse" id="FiresCollapse"><div class="table-responsive bg-white"><div class="p-3 mb-4"><div class="table-responsive"><table class="table text-end small table-hover mb-0" id="FiresData"><thead class="border-top-0"><tr><th></th><th scope="col">2014</th><th scope="col">2015</th><th scope="col">2016</th><th scope="col">2017</th><th scope="col">2018</th><th scope="col">2019</th><th scope="col">2020</th><th scope="col">2021</th><th scope="col">2022</th><th scope="col">2023</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="text-start">Fires</th><td class="thousands text-end">1298000</td><td class="thousands text-end">1345500</td><td class="thousands text-end">1342000</td><td class="thousands text-end">1319500</td><td class="thousands text-end">1318500</td><td class="thousands text-end">1291500</td><td class="thousands text-end">1388500</td><td class="thousands text-end">1353500</td><td class="thousands text-end">1504500</td><td class="thousands text-end">1389000</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div><div id="Fires"></div></div><div class="tab-pane fade" id="tabContentDeaths" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="tabDeaths"><h3 class="text-center">Fire deaths (2014-2023)</h3><ul class="list-inline text-center"><li class="list-inline-item mb-3"><button class="btn btn-sm btn-primary" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#DeathsCollapse" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="DeathsCollapse">View data in a table</button></li><li class="list-inline-item"><button class="btn btn-sm btn-light" id="export-Deaths"><span class="fa-sharp fa-regular fa-download"></span> Download chart</button></li></ul><div class="collapse" id="DeathsCollapse"><div class="table-responsive bg-white"><div class="p-3 mb-4"><div class="table-responsive"><table class="table text-end small table-hover mb-0" id="DeathsData"><thead class="border-top-0"><tr><th></th><th scope="col">2014</th><th scope="col">2015</th><th scope="col">2016</th><th scope="col">2017</th><th scope="col">2018</th><th scope="col">2019</th><th scope="col">2020</th><th scope="col">2021</th><th scope="col">2022</th><th scope="col">2023</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="text-start">Deaths</th><td class="thousands text-end">3275</td><td class="thousands text-end">3280</td><td class="thousands text-end">3390</td><td class="thousands text-end">3390</td><td class="thousands text-end">3655</td><td class="thousands text-end">3704</td><td class="thousands text-end">3500</td><td class="thousands text-end">3800</td><td class="thousands text-end">3790</td><td class="thousands text-end">3670</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div><div id="Deaths"></div></div><div class="tab-pane fade" id="tabContentInjuries" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="tabInjuries"><h3 class="text-center">Fire injuries (2014-2023)</h3><ul class="list-inline text-center"><li class="list-inline-item mb-3"><button class="btn btn-sm btn-primary" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#InjuriesCollapse" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="InjuriesCollapse">View data in a table</button></li><li class="list-inline-item"><button class="btn btn-sm btn-light" id="export-Injuries"><span class="fa-sharp fa-regular fa-download"></span> Download chart</button></li></ul><div class="collapse" id="InjuriesCollapse"><div class="table-responsive bg-white"><div class="p-3 mb-4"><div class="table-responsive"><table class="table text-end small table-hover mb-0" id="InjuriesData"><thead class="border-top-0"><tr><th></th><th scope="col">2014</th><th scope="col">2015</th><th scope="col">2016</th><th scope="col">2017</th><th scope="col">2018</th><th scope="col">2019</th><th scope="col">2020</th><th scope="col">2021</th><th scope="col">2022</th><th scope="col">2023</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="text-start">Injuries</th><td class="thousands text-end">15775</td><td class="thousands text-end">15700</td><td class="thousands text-end">14650</td><td class="thousands text-end">14670</td><td class="thousands text-end">15200</td><td class="thousands text-end">16600</td><td class="thousands text-end">15200</td><td class="thousands text-end">14700</td><td class="thousands text-end">13250</td><td class="thousands text-end">13350</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div><div id="Injuries"></div></div><div class="tab-pane fade" id="tabContentMoneyLoss" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="tabMoneyLoss"><h3 class="text-center">Fire dollar loss (2014-2023)</h3><ul class="list-inline text-center"><li class="list-inline-item mb-3"><button class="btn btn-sm btn-primary" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#MoneyLossCollapse" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="MoneyLossCollapse">View data in a table</button></li><li class="list-inline-item"><button class="btn btn-sm btn-light" id="export-MoneyLoss"><span class="fa-sharp fa-regular fa-download"></span> Download chart</button></li></ul><div class="collapse" id="MoneyLossCollapse"><div class="table-responsive bg-white"><div class="p-3 mb-4"><div class="table-responsive"><table class="table text-end small table-hover mb-0"><caption>(Adjusted to 2023 $)</caption><thead class="border-top-0"><tr><th scope="col">Year</th><th scope="col">Dollar loss</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2014</td><td class="thousands money">14936751107</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td class="thousands money">18381083197</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td class="thousands money">17267212631</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td class="thousands money">28590673956</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td class="thousands money">31063933702</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td class="thousands money">17663054953</td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td class="thousands money">25743163668</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td class="thousands money">17943424785</td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td class="thousands money">18815925045</td></tr><tr><td>2023</td><td class="thousands money">23219000000</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="table text-end small table-hover mb-0 visually-hidden" id="MoneyLossData"><thead class="border-top-0"><tr><th></th><th scope="col">2014</th><th scope="col">2015</th><th scope="col">2016</th><th scope="col">2017</th><th scope="col">2018</th><th scope="col">2019</th><th scope="col">2020</th><th scope="col">2021</th><th scope="col">2022</th><th scope="col">2023</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="text-start">Dollar loss</th><td class="text-end text-white">14.9</td><td class="text-end text-white">18.4</td><td class="text-end text-white">17.3</td><td class="text-end text-white">28.6</td><td class="text-end text-white">31.1</td><td class="text-end text-white">17.7</td><td class="text-end text-white">25.7</td><td class="text-end text-white">17.9</td><td class="text-end text-white">18.8</td><td class="text-end text-white">23.2</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div><div id="MoneyLoss"></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="row justify-content-center mb-5"><div class="col-12 col-lg-9"><table class="table"><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" class="h2">Fire and Losses</th><th scope="col" class="h2">Trends</th></tr><tr class="align-middle"><th scope="row" class="h4">Fires</th><td><span class="h4">1,389,000</span><br><span class="small">in 2023</span></td><td><span class="fa-sharp fa-solid fa-arrow-up-right fa-2x fa-fw text-danger"></span> <span class="h2 text-danger">+9.1%</span><br><span class="small ms-5">from 2014</span></td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><th scope="row" class="h4">Deaths</th><td><span class="h4">3,670</span><br><span class="small">in 2023</span></td><td><span class="fa-sharp fa-solid fa-arrow-up-right fa-2x fa-fw text-danger"></span> <span class="h2 text-danger">+15.9%</span><br><span class="small ms-5">from 2014</span></td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><th scope="row" class="h4">Injuries</th><td><span class="h4">13,350</span><br><span class="small">in 2023</span></td><td><span class="fa-sharp fa-solid fa-arrow-down-right fa-2x fa-fw text-success"></span> <span class="h2 text-success">-12.3%</span><br><span class="small ms-5">from 2014</span></td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><th scope="row" class="h4">$ Loss*</th><td><span class="h4">$23.2 billion</span><br><span class="small">in 2023</span></td><td><span class="fa-sharp fa-solid fa-arrow-up-right fa-2x fa-fw text-danger"></span> <span class="h2 text-danger">+16.3%</span><br><span class="small ms-5">from 2014</span></td></tr></table><p class="small">Source: National Fire Protection Association</p><p><a data-bs-toggle="collapse" href="#collapseNotes" role="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapseNotes" id="lossNotes">* $ loss notes</a></p><div class="collapse" id="collapseNotes"><div class="card card-body small"><ul><li class="mb-3">For 2015, the direct dollar loss includes the Valley and Butte Wildfires in California with an estimated property loss of $1,950,000,000.</li><li class="mb-3">For 2016, the direct dollar loss includes the Gatlinburg, Tennessee Wildfires with an estimated property loss of $911,000,000. For 2017, the direct dollar loss includes a $10,000,000,000 loss in wildfires in Northern California. For 2018, the direct dollar loss includes $12,400,000,000 losses in wildfires in California.</li><li class="mb-3">For 2020, the direct dollar loss includes $4,200,000,000 losses in California WUI fires; also includes a $3 billion naval ship fire in California. For 2021, the direct dollar loss includes $678,000,000 losses in California WUI fires.</li><li>For 2023, the direct dollar loss includes a $5.5 billion property loss estimate from the wildfires predominantly on the island of Maui in Hawaii, August 2023.</li></ul></div></div></div></div></section><section class="mb-5 mb-xl-6 container"><div class="row text-center"><div class="col-12 col-lg-5 bg-dark text-white bg-image-gradient border-md border-md-end-0 p-5 d-flex flex-column justify-content-end stretch-limit" data-gradient="linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(44, 62,80,.9), rgba(0,0,0,.5))," data-image-src="/img/photos/match-box-strike-flame.1200x800.jpg" data-size="cover" data-posx="50%" data-posy="100%"><div class="mb-3"><span class="badge bg-danger">Fire Estimate Summary Series</span></div><h2>Nonresidential building <span class="text-nowrap">fire causes</span></h2><p>2023 estimate of nonresidential building fires: 110,000</p><table class="table text-white fw-bold mb-3"><tbody><tr class="align-middle"><td class="text-end text-white">30.3%</td><td class="d-none d-md-table-cell" style="width:40%;min-width:30%"><div class="progress bg-gray-200 bg-opacity-30"><div class="progress-bar bg-danger" role="progressbar" style="width:30.3%" aria-valuenow="30.3" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="30.3" aria-label="30.3%"></div></div></td><td class="text-start text-white text-nowrap">Cooking</td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><td class="text-end text-white">13.0%</td><td class="d-none d-md-table-cell"><div class="progress bg-gray-200 bg-opacity-30"><div class="progress-bar bg-danger" role="progressbar" style="width:13.0%" aria-valuenow="13.0" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="13.0" aria-label="13.0%"></div></div></td><td class="text-start text-white text-nowrap">Intentional</td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><td class="text-end text-white">12.6%</td><td class="d-none d-md-table-cell"><div class="progress bg-gray-200 bg-opacity-30"><div class="progress-bar bg-danger" role="progressbar" style="width:12.6%" aria-valuenow="12.6" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="12.6" aria-label="12.6%"></div></div></td><td class="text-start text-white text-nowrap">Unintentional, careless</td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><td class="text-end text-white">6.7%</td><td class="d-none d-md-table-cell"><div class="progress bg-gray-200 bg-opacity-30"><div class="progress-bar bg-danger" role="progressbar" style="width:6.7%" aria-valuenow="6.7" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="6.7" aria-label="6.7%"></div></div></td><td class="text-start text-white text-nowrap">Electrical malfunction</td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><td class="text-end text-white">5.9%</td><td class="d-none d-md-table-cell"><div class="progress bg-gray-200 bg-opacity-30"><div class="progress-bar bg-danger" role="progressbar" style="width:5.9%" aria-valuenow="5.9" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="5.9" aria-label="5.9%"></div></div></td><td class="text-start text-white text-nowrap">Heating</td></tr></tbody></table><p><a class="text-reset stretched-link" href="/statistics/nonresidential-fires/">Get statistics on nonresidential <span class="text-nowrap">building fires</span></a></p></div><div class="col-12 col-lg-7 bg-gray-100 gradient border-md p-5" data-gradient="linear-gradient(35deg, rgba(255,255,255,0) 25%, rgba(255,255,255,1))"><h2>General property use (2023)</h2><h3>Fires by general property use</h3><table class="table fw-bold mb-3"><tbody><tr class="align-middle"><td class="text-end">48.4%</td><td class="d-none d-md-table-cell"><div class="progress bg-gray-200 bg-opacity-30"><div class="progress-bar bg-danger" role="progressbar" style="width:48.4%" aria-valuenow="48.4" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="48.4" aria-label="48.4%"></div></div></td><td class="text-start text-nowrap">Outside</td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><td class="text-end">24.4%</td><td class="d-none d-md-table-cell" style="width:40%;min-width:30%"><div class="progress bg-gray-200 bg-opacity-30"><div class="progress-bar bg-danger" role="progressbar" style="width:24.4%" aria-valuenow="24.4" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="24.4" aria-label="24.4%"></div></div></td><td class="text-start text-nowrap">Residential structure</td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><td class="text-end">13.1%</td><td class="d-none d-md-table-cell"><div class="progress bg-gray-200 bg-opacity-30"><div class="progress-bar bg-danger" role="progressbar" style="width:13.1%" aria-valuenow="13.1" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="13.1" aria-label="13.1%"></div></div></td><td class="text-start text-nowrap">Vehicles</td></tr><tr class="align-middle"><td class="text-end">9.5%</td><td class="d-none d-md-table-cell"><div class="progress bg-gray-200 bg-opacity-30"><div class="progress-bar bg-danger" role="progressbar" style="width:9.5%" aria-valuenow="9.5" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="9.5" aria-label="9.5%"></div></div></td><td class="text-start text-nowrap">Nonresidential 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