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2025 Annual Fire Report

Fires in Marina del Rey, California

In 2025, fire departments serving Marina del Rey responded to 389 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $8K building blaze. Here's the full picture.

Updated Sep 27, 2026 Grade C Peak yr 2025 Los Angeles County 10,274 residents 0 reporting departments 1,339 5-yr
Total incidents
389
+0.5% vs 2024
Building fires
14
Residential 64% Other 36%
Property loss
$8K
$8K structure · $100 contents
Deaths & injuries
0 / 0
0 civilian deaths · 0 civ injuries · 0 firefighter injuries
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 79% of all calls.

389
Total Incidents
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 219 56.3%
Cooking fire, confined to container 27 6.9%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 25 6.4%
Power line down 21 5.4%
Trash or rubbish fire, contained 16 4.1%
All other categories 81 20.8%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen?

Jan peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.

Jan 53
Feb 28
Mar 31
Apr 41
May 33
Jun 20
Jul 38
Aug 25
Sep 23
Oct 33
Nov 35
Dec 29
Fewer
More
2b Five-year trend

Year over year in Marina del Rey

1,339 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $3.2M cumulative property loss.

YearIncidentsYoY 
2021* 24 —
2022 187 —
2023 352 +88.2%
2024 387 +9.9%
2025 389 +0.5%

* Well below Marina del Rey'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.

03 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 14 building fires Marina del Rey departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.

Unintentional
56%
18
Cause undetermined
16%
5
Intentional / arson
6%
2
Equipment / heat source failure
12%
4
Under investigation
3%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
7%
0
3b Where fires start

Where do fires start in Marina del Rey?

NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 148 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 originCountShare 
1 Undetermined 21 14.2%
2 Engine area, running gear, wheel area 15 10.1%
3 Other 10 6.8%
4 Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge 9 6.1%
5 Outside area, other 9 6.1%
6 Vehicle area, other 8 5.4%
7 Cooking area, kitchen 7 4.7%
8 Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison 6 4.1%
9 Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. 6 4.1%
10 Storage area, other 5 3.4%
11 All other areas 52 35.1%
3c What ignited it

What actually ignited the fire?

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 Marina del Rey mix.

#Heat sourceCountShare 
1 Undetermined 45 30.4%
2 Heat from powered equipment, other 25 16.9%
3 Heat source: other 17 11.5%
4 Arcing 14 9.5%
5 Hot or smoldering object, other 11 7.4%
6 Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment 5 3.4%
7 Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment 4 2.7%
8 Heat from other open flame or smoking materials 4 2.7%
9 Heat from undetermined smoking material 4 2.7%
10 Incendiary device 3 2.0%
11 All other sources 16 10.8%
04 The biggest fires

1 fires · $8K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses reported by Marina del Rey departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.

# Property loss Type Severity Status
1 $8,000 Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire Significant Investigated
05 How Marina del Rey compares

Marina del Rey vs California vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Marina del Rey sits above the national average for incidents per resident.

37.86
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Marina del Rey
37.86
CA avg
5.32
US avg
7.48
1.36
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Marina del Rey
1.36
CA avg
0.32
US avg
0.85
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Marina del Rey
0
CA avg
2.9
US avg
5.9
5c Wildfires nearby

Wildfires within 50 mi of Marina del Rey

Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,516,381 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.

50 mi radius
YearCauseAcresDistance 
2017 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 281,893 46.7 mi
2006 Debris and open burning 162,702 48.9 mi
2009 Arson/incendiarism 160,371 23.6 mi
2020 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 115,997 33.7 mi
2003 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 108,204 30.9 mi
2018 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 96,949 23.2 mi
2003 Equipment and vehicle use 63,720 39.5 mi
2007 Power generation/transmission/distribution 45,300 43.6 mi
2016 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 41,432 31.2 mi
2007 Misuse of fire by a minor 38,356 38.4 mi
1993 Arson/incendiarism 38,152 27.3 mi
2002 Arson/incendiarism 37,240 41.7 mi
5d Top ZIPs

Where in Marina del Rey do fires concentrate?

Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.

#ZIP5-yr incidents 
1 90291 882
2 90292 455
3 90094 1
4 90293 1
5e Peer cities

Cities similar to Marina del Rey

Six California cities with population within ±25% of Marina del Rey. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.

07 Stay prepared

Before the next Red Flag day.

A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.

About this data

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.