7. In 2009-2013, 162,400 cooking related fires in USA
(45% of home fires, 33% of all fires)
61% of accidents from cooktops (86% of civilian
deaths)
Unattended cooking is the main reason of fires
54% injured themselves while extinguishing
8. Toxic smoke can kill in under a minute.
It is estimated that 50–80% of fire deaths are the
result of smoke inhalation injuries