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Electrical fires

1,838,380 electrical fire incidents across the US in 2021–2025. Total property loss: $191.8M.

5 years tracked 50 states · 50 counties · 50 cities
Incidents
1,838,380
2021–2025 cumulative
Property loss
$191.8M
across 5 years
Civilian deaths
0
5 injuries
Avg per year
367,676
incidents / year
01 Year by year

How electrical fires trend

20212022202320242025
02 Top states

Where do electrical fires happen most?

03 Top counties

Electrical fires by county

Top 50 counties by cumulative incidents.

#CountyStateIncidents
1 Los Angeles County CA 29,938
2 Queens County NY 26,371
3 Cook County IL 25,446
4 Wayne County MI 20,867
5 Cuyahoga County OH 20,441
6 Harris County TX 18,507
7 Dallas County TX 17,092
8 Oakland County MI 16,894
9 Philadelphia County PA 14,636
10 Allegheny County PA 13,891
11 Middlesex County MA 11,973
12 Miami-Dade County FL 11,450
13 Pinellas County FL 10,933
14 Tarrant County TX 10,305
15 Broward County FL 9,915
16 Davidson County TN 9,757
17 Kent County MI 9,546
18 Hamilton County OH 9,170
19 St. Louis County MO 8,820
20 Hennepin County MN 8,779
21 Macomb County MI 8,433
22 Palm Beach County FL 8,428
23 Shelby County TN 7,313
24 Montgomery County OH 6,964
25 Plymouth County MA 6,891
26 San Bernardino County CA 6,862
27 Summit County OH 6,840
28 Monroe County NY 6,777
29 King County WA 6,702
30 Baltimore County MD 6,541
31 Franklin County OH 6,498
32 DuPage County IL 6,490
33 Orange County FL 6,412
34 Westchester County NY 6,292
35 San Mateo County CA 6,199
36 Montgomery County PA 6,086
37 Hillsborough County FL 6,077
38 Santa Clara County CA 5,979
39 Bexar County TX 5,953
40 Norfolk County MA 5,936
41 Lake County OH 5,891
42 Riverside County CA 5,790
43 Lake County IL 5,751
44 Bucks County PA 5,602
45 Orange County CA 5,601
46 New Castle County DE 5,537
47 Lee County FL 5,506
48 Berks County PA 5,381
49 Washtenaw County MI 5,364
50 Travis County TX 5,341
04 Top cities

Electrical fires by city

Top 50 cities by cumulative incidents.

#CityStateIncidentsLoss
1 New York NY 26,858 —
2 Philadelphia PA 14,631 $7K
3 Houston TX 12,123 $251K
4 Nashville TN 7,823 $53K
5 Detroit MI 7,244 $48K
6 Dallas TX 6,149 $49K
7 Chicago IL 6,017 $2K
8 Memphis TN 5,745 $356K
9 San Francisco CA 5,274 $25K
10 Los Angeles CA 4,805 $83K
11 Austin TX 4,592 $167K
12 Grand Rapids MI 4,587 $16K
13 Rochester NY 4,536 $2K
14 San Antonio TX 4,486 $18K
15 Cleveland OH 4,481 $1K
16 Louisville KY 4,307 $132K
17 Indianapolis IN 4,248 $79K
18 Cincinnati OH 4,168 $25K
19 Columbus OH 4,160 $32K
20 New Orleans LA 4,152 $76K
21 Boston MA 4,089 $41K
22 Baltimore MD 3,985 $3K
23 Tampa FL 3,769 —
24 Orlando FL 3,631 $6K
25 Akron OH 3,568 $3K
26 Atlanta GA 3,451 $14K
27 Pittsburgh PA 3,246 $2K
28 Charlotte NC 3,245 $22K
29 Long Beach CA 3,164 $9K
30 Minneapolis MN 3,103 $3K
31 Corpus Christi TX 3,067 $191K
32 Kalamazoo MI 2,868 $26K
33 Arlington TX 2,853 $32K
34 Denver CO 2,797 $11K
35 Oklahoma City OK 2,797 $115K
36 Washington DC 2,789 $800
37 Jacksonville FL 2,772 —
38 Tallahassee FL 2,709 $37K
39 Fayetteville NC 2,690 $18K
40 Chattanooga TN 2,657 $540K
41 Dayton OH 2,648 $16K
42 Greensboro NC 2,614 $11K
43 Wichita KS 2,603 $4K
44 Raleigh NC 2,599 $51K
45 Ocala FL 2,526 $500
46 Tyler TX 2,511 $5K
47 Sarasota FL 2,499 $750
48 Tulsa OK 2,489 $26K
49 Naples FL 2,457 $104K
50 Greenville SC 2,450 $59K

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.