Lightning is the biggest cause of damage and destruction of electrical and electronic equipment in industrial facilities, commercial buildings and homes, as stated in the 2008 report by the U.S. National Lightning Safety Institute. Fires started by lightning occur mostly in the late afternoon and early evening in the summer months, and these fires cause an average of nine civilian deaths, 53 civilian injuries, and $451 million in direct property damage per year (other sources list the annual losses in the billions of dollars).