Death by candle
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Candles where a fairly major fire hazard as it was difficult to shield them yet still get air. The flames were not large, people used to snuff them with their fingers. Also, as Matt Riddly has pointed out, an hour of light in IIRC 1792 took three hours of labor during the day for the average person. Not until the later 1800s, was it common for the middle class and lower to keep lights after sundown.
This was all before hard data collection so nobody really knows.
I do know that it is agreed that the major source of burns, at least in the past northen climes over the last few centuries has come from women's dresses being ignited by kitchen fires.
Lanterns, both whale oil and later kerosene were not not much of risk, even the glass ones. The active flames were contained and the vapor pressure of the oils was so low they were difficult to ignite and if the lamp broke, the fuel was almost certain to smoother the flame than ignite. The whole glass lamp being a Molotov c**ktail is pure Hollywood.
Town gas lighting in urban areas appeared circa 1810, much earlier than most people imagine. So not in populated areas, niether candles nor laterns would likely be in use.
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