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 Sacramento responded to 7,403 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.2M 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 73% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
35,511 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $49.2M cumulative property loss. 15 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6,838 | — | |
| 2022 | 6,879 | +0.6% | |
| 2023 | 6,585 | -4.3% | |
| 2024 | 7,806 | +18.5% | |
| 2025 | 7,403 | -5.2% |
For the 468 building fires Sacramento departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 9,454 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 | Undetermined | 4,725 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 953 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 534 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 499 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 459 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Other | 224 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 201 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 169 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 155 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 154 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1,381 | 14.6% |
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 Sacramento mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6,733 | 71.2% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 468 | 5.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 382 | 4.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 339 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 206 | 2.2% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 193 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 185 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 168 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 125 | 1.3% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 85 | 0.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 570 | 6.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Sacramento departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 44% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,200,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $800,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $650,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 6 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 7 | $426,400 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 8 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Sacramento sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
84 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 | 5 | |
| 10-19 | 3 | |
| 20-29 | 9 | |
| 30-39 | 19 | |
| 40-49 | 17 | |
| 50-59 | 11 | |
| 60-69 | 11 | |
| 70-79 | 7 | |
| 80+ | 2 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 757,263 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 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97,717 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Other causes | 90,288 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,868 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39,138 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,789 | 45.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,820 | 19.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 35.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,800 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Fireworks | 6,488 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 9.5 mi |
Top 10 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 Sacramento. 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.