Fire deaths down 22 percent in 2012
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Posted: 01/10/2013
PIKESVILLE, Md. (AP) -
The Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office says fire-related deaths in the state fell by 22 percent last year.
The agency said Thursday that preliminary figures show that 52 people died from fire injuries in 2012, down from 67 in 2011.
State Fire Marshal William Barnard says safer cigarettes are a leading factor in the downward trend since 1988. A state law passed in 2007 requires that cigarettes sold in the state be designed to extinguish more quickly than standard cigarettes.
Barnard says a 20-year-old requirement for fire sprinklers in newly built, multi-family dwellings is another significant factor in the decline.
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