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 Running Springs responded to 27 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 74% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
221 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $32K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54 | — | |
| 2022* | 26 | — | |
| 2023 | 58 | — | |
| 2024 | 56 | -3.4% | |
| 2025 | 27 | -51.8% |
* Well below Running Springs'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 0 building fires Running Springs departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 10 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 | 3 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Fuel tank, fuel line | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 10.0% |
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 Running Springs mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 10.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Running Springs sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 937,758 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 | 115,997 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 9.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65,000 | 4.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 61,700 | 34.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 21.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,000 | 12.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,200 | 29.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 37,240 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,274 | 20.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33,424 | 17.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,476 | 45.1 mi |
Top 3 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 Running Springs. 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.