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Building fires

2,399,053 building fire incidents across the US in 2021–2025. Total property loss: $42.4B. 8,269 civilian deaths.

5 years tracked 50 states · 50 counties · 50 cities
Incidents
2,399,053
2021–2025 cumulative
Property loss
$42.4B
across 5 years
Civilian deaths
8,269
25,037 injuries
Avg per year
479,811
incidents / year
01 Year by year

How building fires trend

20212022202320242025
02 Top states

Where do building fires happen most?

03 Top counties

Building fires by county

Top 50 counties by cumulative incidents.

#CountyStateIncidents
1 Queens County NY 86,832
2 Cook County IL 57,862
3 Los Angeles County CA 40,221
4 Harris County TX 22,625
5 Allegheny County PA 21,869
6 New Castle County DE 15,889
7 Middlesex County MA 15,215
8 Wayne County MI 14,796
9 King County WA 14,384
10 Suffolk County MA 14,225
11 Cuyahoga County OH 13,939
12 Delaware County PA 13,485
13 Maricopa County AZ 13,302
14 Clark County NV 12,698
15 Philadelphia County PA 11,702
16 Montgomery County PA 11,674
17 Bucks County PA 11,173
18 San Bernardino County CA 11,168
19 Westmoreland County PA 10,499
20 Dallas County TX 10,124
21 Oklahoma County OK 10,111
22 Bernalillo County NM 10,032
23 Berks County PA 9,944
24 Lancaster County PA 9,749
25 Hamilton County OH 9,350
26 Bexar County TX 9,172
27 Franklin County OH 8,982
28 San Diego County CA 8,769
29 York County PA 8,650
30 Riverside County CA 8,351
31 Westchester County NY 7,554
32 Tarrant County TX 7,540
33 St. Louis County MO 7,481
34 Chester County PA 7,367
35 Nassau County NY 7,238
36 Spartanburg County SC 7,206
37 Marion County IN 7,172
38 Hennepin County MN 7,060
39 Worcester County MA 6,931
40 Shelby County TN 6,847
41 San Francisco County CA 6,808
42 Lake County IL 6,804
43 Ramsey County MN 6,767
44 Kern County CA 6,647
45 Milwaukee County WI 6,627
46 DuPage County IL 6,543
47 Montgomery County OH 6,469
48 Luzerne County PA 6,417
49 Sacramento County CA 6,185
50 Hudson County NJ 6,178
04 Top cities

Building fires by city

Top 50 cities by cumulative incidents.

#CityStateIncidentsLoss
1 New York NY 88,973 —
2 Chicago IL 29,935 $72.4M
3 Houston TX 16,396 $360.1M
4 Boston MA 13,081 $166.6M
5 Los Angeles CA 11,829 $219.6M
6 Philadelphia PA 11,691 $37.2M
7 Albuquerque NM 9,439 $10.5M
8 Las Vegas NV 9,047 $114.2M
9 Detroit MI 8,628 $251.9M
10 Seattle WA 7,201 $77.5M
11 San Francisco CA 6,770 $187.0M
12 Indianapolis IN 6,656 $147.4M
13 Wilmington DE 6,408 $2.9M
14 Columbus OH 6,064 $77.1M
15 San Antonio TX 6,048 $192.1M
16 Louisville KY 6,002 $90.6M
17 Jersey City NJ 5,930 $6.3M
18 Memphis TN 5,759 $122.4M
19 Phoenix AZ 5,570 $8.3M
20 Oklahoma City OK 5,246 $148.7M
21 Washington DC 4,929 $63.6M
22 Milwaukee WI 4,864 $190.8M
23 Baltimore MD 4,602 $3.9M
24 Cambridge MA 4,444 $3.6M
25 Fayetteville NC 4,419 $31.9M
26 Dallas TX 4,285 $84.0M
27 Austin TX 4,193 $187.1M
28 Denver CO 4,074 $64.8M
29 Cleveland OH 4,046 $59.5M
30 Baton Rouge LA 3,709 $105.9M
31 Portland OR 3,702 $89.6M
32 Nashville TN 3,572 $149.3M
33 Little Rock AR 3,571 $41.0M
34 Worcester MA 3,551 $34.8M
35 Calumet City IL 3,493 $4.8M
36 Fresno CA 3,437 $58.7M
37 Newark NJ 3,429 $1.1M
38 Tulsa OK 3,413 $49.8M
39 San Diego CA 3,373 $94.5M
40 Kansas City MO 3,284 $1.0B
41 Sacramento CA 3,262 $42.4M
42 Cincinnati OH 3,172 $48.4M
43 Stockton CA 3,139 $73.6M
44 Yonkers NY 3,007 $35K
45 Tucson AZ 2,942 $24.7M
46 Newark DE 2,930 $54K
47 Orlando FL 2,904 $44.5M
48 Birmingham AL 2,839 $53.3M
49 Dayton OH 2,822 $16.4M
50 Toledo OH 2,727 $31.4M

About this data

Topic profiles aggregate NFIRS incidents by NFIRS INC_TYPE groupings. The aggregator runs across all 5 NFIRS years (2021–2025) and emits per-state, per-county, and per-city totals so the same topic can be drilled into at any geographic scale.