Before revision: Fire statistics draw attention to the magnitude of smouldering combustion as the leading cause of fire deaths in residential areas ( i.e., more than 25% of the fire deaths in the United States are attributed to smoulder-initiated fires, with similar figures in other developed countries).
After revision: Fire statistics draw attention to the magnitude of smouldering combustion as the leading cause of fire deaths in residential areas ( more than 25% of the fire deaths in the United States are attributed to smoulder-initiated fires, with similar figures in other developed countries).