Yup, the majority of house fires are due to electrical shorts, cooking and smoking but lots of other reasons I don't like an attached garage. When I was married with kids at home, I would have had to be a LOT quieter lol...plus all the smells from welding, solvents, paint fumes etc seem to always find their way into the house no matter if the overhead door is open. Also when I built my garage/shop, I installed a rear 10' wide overhead door to help with access (the shop is 52 feet long) plus ventilation and also have windows. Very few houses around here with attached garages have windows let alone a rear door. Most of my friends have detached and the ones that don't usually get complaints from the 'better' half whenever they do what I listed. I do know one guy here locally (member here too) that has an attached garage with a double wide door on the front and has the same size door in the back of the garage. One benefit that I like with attached garages is ya don't have to get wet walking out (running?) to it like you do with the detached garage when it's raining....