VIDEO: Firefighters say they often hear there are more fires in the winter. Veterans like Reno Fire Marshal Tray Palmer will tell you that's not true. "Fires are pretty much the same all throughout the year. We have more wild land fires, more outdoor fires in the summer, more indoor fires in and more accidental fires in the winter."
So, people move indoors when the weather gets cold and so do fires or at least the activities that cause them.
A good example is a fire which destroyed an apartment, injuring the occupant and displacing five other residents in northeast Reno Wednesday..
The cause is common year around, but moves indoors where, Palmer says, it's potentially deadly. "In fact our last three fatalities we've had here in Reno were caused by smoking. Most of the time our fatalities are caused by people smoking in bed."