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10 tips to prevent or escape a house fire

  • Written by Mark R Lambert, Asst. Clinical Professor/Director West Virginia University-Fire Service Extension, West Virginia University
imageThe majority of fire-related deaths that occurred in 2020 took place in people's homes. Ty O'Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Too many people are losing their lives in fires.

Although the number of people killed in fires in the United States has been going down since the 1980s, the number is still high. In the year 2020, for example, 3,5...

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