Fatal fires in NC now top 30: How closing your bedroom door can give you extra time to get out

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The NC Fire Marshals’ office confirmed 27 fire-related deaths in our state in 2026 by February. But in the last few days, two children died in a house fire in Brunswick County, and now a Thomasville teenager has made the 30th fire-related death.

According to the OSFM of NC:

The majority of fatal fires occur in homes

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