MAINE FIRE DEATHS -1950 TO 2006

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Compiled by Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office, Public Information Office

1950 to 1959 – 484 deaths

1960 to 1969 – 493 deaths

1970 to 1979 – 498 deaths

1980 to 1989 – 324 deaths

1990 – 27

1991 – 14

1992 – 28

1993 – 27

1994 – 20

1995 – 12

1996 – 17

1997 – 16

1998 – 15

1999 – 24

Total – 200 ( 1990 to 1999)

2000 – 17 2003 – 22 2006 – 15

2001 – 18 2004 – 18

2002 – 16 2005 – 23

Deadliest year for fire deaths was 1967 with 70 deaths

Safest year for fire deaths was 1995 with 12 deaths

Maine’s deadliest fires since 1945:

January 31, 1945, LeCoste Baby Home in Auburn kills one nurse and 16 infants

1947 forest fires kills 15 and burns over 200,000 acres, damage over $30 million

March 2, 1950, Monson house fire kills eight (two adults and six children)

July 4, 1967, Oxford house fire kills eight (three adults and five children)

November 30, 1974, Eagle Lake, house fire kills seven (mother and six children) March 27, 1960, Winthrop house fire kills six (mother and five children)

September 20, 1984, Hartland house fire kills five (one adult and four children)