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A structure fire is a fire involving the structural components of various types of residential, commercial or industrial buildings, such as barn fires. Residential buildings range from single-family detached homes and townhouses to apartments and tower blocks, or various commercial buildings ranging from offices to shopping malls. This is in contrast to "room and contents" fires, chimney fires, vehicle fires, wildfires or other outdoor fires.

Building Construction Types (United States)
In the United States, according to NFPA, structures are divided into five construction types based on the severity of the fire hazard: File:Fire- Cotton Avenue, burned section, circa 1876 - DPLA - c5e660569712d1f1d37835782cdaf77f.jpeg|Remains of a structure fire on Cotton Avenue, Macon, Georgia, US. File:Burned-out house in Spokane 2018.jpg|A burned-out house ==Causes of house fires==
Causes of house fires
Canada Information from Canada's National Fire Information Database shows these ignition sources for residential fires in 2014. A 2023 update from Statistics Canada confirmed that cooking equipment and smoker's material continued to be the top causes of residential fires, at 32% and 25% of total incidents respectively. United States Data from the U.S. Fire Administration's National Fire Incident Reporting System shows that cooking has consistently been the leading cause of residential building fires. ==See also==
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