Dome Fire Reaches 6,632 Acres in Yosemite, 40% Contained as of Oct. 3
The Dome Fire has burned 6,632 acres in Yosemite National Park and is 40% contained as of Oct. 3, with 765 personnel assigned; Glacier Point Road stays closed.
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In 2025, fire departments serving Albany responded to 101 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $300K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 68% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
530 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $830K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022 | 109 | — | |
| 2023 | 166 | +52.3% | |
| 2024 | 150 | -9.6% | |
| 2025 | 101 | -32.7% |
* Well below Albany's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 2 building fires Albany departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 59 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 18.6% | |
| 2 | Other | 6 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 4 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 4 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 19 | 32.2% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Albany mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 26 | 44.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 6 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Candle | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 6 | 10.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Albany departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $200 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $75 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Albany sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 661,431 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 305,651 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67,484 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 34.9 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 12,354 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Fireworks | 6,488 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,731 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,731 | 43.2 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Albany. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.