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 Lake Forest responded to 100 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $250K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Cooking fire, confined to container lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 43% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
610 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $6.0M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 104 | — | |
| 2022 | 156 | +50.0% | |
| 2023 | 109 | -30.1% | |
| 2024 | 141 | +29.4% | |
| 2025 | 100 | -29.1% |
For the 8 building fires Lake Forest departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 392 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 | 64 | 16.3% | |
| 2 | Other | 40 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 35 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 31 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 30 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 27 | 6.9% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 16 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 15 | 3.8% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 12 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 106 | 27.0% |
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 Lake Forest mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 154 | 39.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 35 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 32 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 28 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 24 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 17 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 12 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 51 | 13.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lake Forest departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $12,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lake Forest sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
8 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 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 4 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 944,634 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 160,371 | 50.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115,997 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 50.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33,424 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 15.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 5.9 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,164 | 49.2 mi | |
| 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24,387 | 37.6 mi |
Top 7 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 Lake Forest. 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.