U.S. news media reports 43 home fire fatalities for February 19 - February 25

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Civilian Home Fire Fatality Notices

For the week of February 19 - February 25, 2017

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Weekly compilation of media reports on civilian home fire fatalities

Civilian deaths:

Number of fatalities: 43
Number of states with fatalities: 24
Total number of incidents: 35

Demographic breakdown:

Male: 24
Female: 16
Gender unreported: 3
Over 65: 11
Children 14 and under: 8
Number of multiple fatality incidents (MFI): 7
Total number of fatalities that occur in MFI: 15

Year-to-date home fire fatalities all ages: 473

Notes: Compiled by searching online news media sources for fire fatality-related stories. Data not reported by the media is not included.

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