Examples of Common Accidental Causes

Annotated by Robert A. Corry
Director, Fire Investigation Specialist
American Re-Insurance

Overloaded Electrical Circuit

Electrical Arcing

Cooking Fire

Improperly Installed/Maintained Heating Device

Consumer Misuse of a Product

Clothes Dryer

These photographs and annotations are provided to illustrate the burn pattern indicated. They are examples only, not models.