Dome Fire Reaches 6,632 Acres in Yosemite, 40% Contained as of Oct. 3
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In 2025, fire departments serving Sunnyvale responded to 303 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $35K 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 39% of all calls.
May peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,309 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $9.2M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 225 | — | |
| 2022 | 165 | -26.7% | |
| 2023 | 326 | +97.6% | |
| 2024 | 290 | -11.0% | |
| 2025 | 303 | +4.5% |
For the 16 building fires Sunnyvale departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 427 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 | 68 | 15.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 60 | 14.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 47 | 11.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 42 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 23 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 23 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 16 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 16 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Wall surface: exterior | 12 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 12 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 108 | 25.3% |
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 Sunnyvale mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 132 | 30.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 64 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 43 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 41 | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 28 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 24 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 17 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 10 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 8 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 49 | 11.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Sunnyvale departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 58% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $35,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $30,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Sunnyvale sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
12 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 | 3 | |
| 20-29 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 3 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 679,985 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 | 396,624 | 25.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 13.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 34,271 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 30,170 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 31.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,817 | 18.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 29.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,513 | 37.6 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 5,018 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,474 | 21.9 mi |
Top 9 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 Sunnyvale. 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.