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All of the 39 people who died in fires across Massachusetts last year were adults, marking the first year on record that no children died in fires.State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey also reported that half of the fire deaths recorded last year...
Fire marshal: No children died in Massachusetts fires during 2020 Share Updated: 10:29 AM EST Jan 11, 2021 Worcester fire engine Share Updated: 10:29 AM EST Jan 11, 2021 While Massachusetts suffered 39 deaths in fires during 2020, the State Fire Marshal reports that none of the fatalities were children for the first time on record. “To have no children, no one under the age of 18, die in a fire in Massachusetts is an amazing accomplishment," Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey said in a statement. Ostroskey credited the Student Awareness of Fire Education Program w...
The State Fire Marshal's Office recently announced that no children died in fires last year in the entire state of Massachusetts.
For the first time in recorded history, no children died in fires in Massachusetts for an entire calendar year. âTo have no children, no one under the age of 18, die in a fire [in 2020] in Massachusetts is an amazing accomplishment," State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey said in a news release. "Through the 26 years of the Student Awareness of Fire Education Program (S.AF.E.), firefighters and classroom teachers have been helping to raise a fire safe generation of children.â Historically, children and seniors have been most at risk of dying in fires, according to the release. Sa...