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This paper deals wIth the number of the seismic fire. The usual least squares method of curve fIttIng is not suitable to the analysIs for countIng numbers. Then more suitable method, which is based on the maximum likelihood estimatIon, is introduced for the curve fitting problem concernIng to the non-negative discrete data such as the number of the seismIc fire. It is concluded that this method is better than the usual method and that the results support the assumption of the new method. And the methodology which can give the most approprIate formula in view of statistical model is referred.