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Originally Posted by Cheechako
I've become more aware of how many boat fires there are each year lately. Seems as though everytime I turn around there's a boat on fire either on the news or on the internet forums.... I wonder what causes the most boat fires... propane or electrical? Where might that data be found?
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2012 USCG Statistics.
http://www.uscgboating.org/assets/1/...g/Page/705.PDF
Pg 35
Type of Incident - ----------#Accidents, #Vessels, ..., #Injuries, Damages
Fire/explosion (fuel) -----------157 ------182 ----1 2 3 ---92 ----$2,041,024
Fire/explosion (non-fuel) -------96 -------171 ----0 0 0 ---7 -----$9,891,020
Fire/explosion (unknown origin) -11 -------26 -----0 2 2 ----0 ----$940,500
No distinction I could find between vessel
fuel (Diesel/gas) and
stove fuel (propane, butane, alcohol, kerosene....)
Pg 40 breaks down data by vessel size. All data is for recreational vessels.