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Cooking fires

557,313 cooking fire incidents across the US in 2021–2025. Total property loss: $54.2M.

5 years tracked 50 states · 50 counties · 50 cities
Incidents
557,313
2021–2025 cumulative
Property loss
$54.2M
across 5 years
Civilian deaths
0
2,045 injuries
Avg per year
111,463
incidents / year
01 Year by year

How cooking fires trend

20212022202320242025
02 Top states

Where do cooking fires happen most?

03 Top counties

Cooking fires by county

Top 50 counties by cumulative incidents.

04 Top cities

Cooking fires by city

Top 50 cities by cumulative incidents.

#CityStateIncidentsLoss
1 New York NY 66,774 —
2 Boston MA 10,520 $531K
3 Chicago IL 9,481 $264K
4 Philadelphia PA 4,872 $68K
5 Jersey City NJ 4,649 $5K
6 San Francisco CA 4,265 $304K
7 Cambridge MA 4,008 $300
8 Calumet City IL 3,111 $15K
9 Seattle WA 2,983 $142K
10 Los Angeles CA 2,948 $112K
11 Wilmington DE 2,731 $5K
12 Yonkers NY 2,721 —
13 Worcester MA 2,687 $27K
14 Newark NJ 2,353 —
15 Houston TX 2,195 $909K
16 Framingham MA 2,111 $25K
17 Baltimore MD 2,024 $214K
18 Las Vegas NV 1,979 $203K
19 Detroit MI 1,921 $547K
20 Poughkeepsie NY 1,852 $14K
21 Fayetteville NC 1,712 $47K
22 Newton MA 1,697 —
23 Quincy MA 1,697 —
24 Louisville KY 1,680 $154K
25 Greensburg PA 1,663 $4K
26 Brookline MA 1,418 $28K
27 Fitchburg MA 1,358 $9K
28 Columbus OH 1,326 $367K
29 Memphis TN 1,239 $531K
30 Denver CO 1,215 $234K
31 Cincinnati OH 1,202 $118K
32 Indianapolis IN 1,201 $252K
33 Wilmington NC 1,196 $39K
34 Brockton MA 1,171 $45K
35 Somerville MA 1,072 —
36 San Diego CA 1,020 $135K
37 New Rochelle NY 1,013 $3K
38 Peoria IL 964 $23K
39 Hempstead NY 938 —
40 Melrose MA 888 —
41 Milwaukee WI 856 $151K
42 Sacramento CA 850 $48K
43 Orlando FL 845 $289K
44 Nashville TN 841 $29K
45 Uniondale NY 826 —
46 San Antonio TX 819 $234K
47 Washington DC 815 $63K
48 Tulsa OK 813 $207K
49 Central Falls RI 796 —
50 Fall River MA 781 $45K

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.