In the five years between 2010 and 2014, over 1.13 lakh people have been killed across the country in fire accidents.

 

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Report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of the Union home ministry shows that a total of 20,377 cases of fire accidents were reported

In the five years between 2010 and 2014, over 1.13 lakh people have been killed across the country in fire accidents. <br/>Though the number of deaths has been decreasing in the past five years, the figure still remains a cause for concern. <br/>Report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of the Union home ministry shows that a total of 20,377 cases of fire accidents were reported in the country during 2014 which caused deaths of 19,513 persons and injuries to 1,889 others. <br/>The year-wise figures show that while 24,414 persons were killed in different fire accidents across the country in 2010, the casualties were 24,576 in 2011; 23,281 in 2012 and 22,177 in 2013. <br/>The cause-wise analysis of the fire accidents reveals that the maximum, 18.3% of the total incidents, were reported in residential/dwelling buildings. The other causes include fire in school buildings, mines, trains, private vehicles, government buildings and manufacturing units of combustible materials like crackers and match boxes. There is no separate data available for fire in temples.