Dome Fire Reaches 6,632 Acres in Yosemite, 40% Contained as of Oct. 3
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In 2025, fire departments serving Dinuba responded to 238 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 50% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,556 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $31.8M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 244 | — | |
| 2022 | 287 | +17.6% | |
| 2023 | 444 | +54.7% | |
| 2024 | 343 | -22.7% | |
| 2025 | 238 | -30.6% |
For the 20 building fires Dinuba departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 421 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 | Outside area, other | 95 | 22.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 78 | 18.5% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 67 | 15.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 36 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Other | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 9 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 9 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 78 | 18.5% |
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 Dinuba mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 241 | 57.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 35 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 27 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 25 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 14 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Incendiary device | 6 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Match | 6 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 35 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Dinuba departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 76% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $70,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Dinuba sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
16 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 4 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 4 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 712,785 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 379,895 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 151,623 | 35.5 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 36,556 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 13,349 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 9,020 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 8,675 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 7,456 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,702 | 49.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,607 | 22.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,250 | 46.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4,479 | 23.9 mi |
Top 5 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 Dinuba. 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.