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Gas leak fires

1,865,459 gas leak fire incidents across the US in 2021–2025. Total property loss: $928.2M. 4 civilian deaths.

5 years tracked 50 states · 50 counties · 50 cities
Incidents
1,865,459
2021–2025 cumulative
Property loss
$928.2M
across 5 years
Civilian deaths
4
45 injuries
Avg per year
373,092
incidents / year
01 Year by year

How gas leak fires trend

20212022202320242025
02 Top states

Where do gas leak fires happen most?

03 Top counties

Gas leak fires by county

Top 50 counties by cumulative incidents.

#CountyStateIncidents
1 Cook County IL 80,665
2 Queens County NY 73,884
3 Harris County TX 22,462
4 Allegheny County PA 18,625
5 Dallas County TX 18,365
6 Los Angeles County CA 15,540
7 Cuyahoga County OH 13,309
8 Westchester County NY 11,992
9 District of Columbia DC 11,348
10 Franklin County OH 11,107
11 Hennepin County MN 10,878
12 Middlesex County MA 10,806
13 Maricopa County AZ 10,609
14 DuPage County IL 10,505
15 Travis County TX 9,641
16 Prince George's County MD 9,564
17 Milwaukee County WI 9,267
18 Tarrant County TX 9,236
19 Wayne County MI 8,496
20 Hamilton County OH 8,477
21 King County WA 8,436
22 Baltimore city MD 8,349
23 Oakland County MI 8,141
24 St. Louis County MO 8,083
25 Baltimore County MD 8,041
26 New Castle County DE 7,924
27 Denver County CO 7,754
28 Essex County NJ 7,743
29 Delaware County PA 7,688
30 Collin County TX 7,672
31 Monroe County NY 7,604
32 Wake County NC 7,566
33 Lake County IL 7,531
34 Jackson County MO 7,338
35 Montgomery County MD 7,304
36 Montgomery County PA 7,217
37 Nassau County NY 7,193
38 Will County IL 7,131
39 Suffolk County MA 6,954
40 San Diego County CA 6,621
41 Kane County IL 6,307
42 El Paso County CO 6,245
43 Essex County MA 6,241
44 Oklahoma County OK 6,237
45 Fulton County GA 6,113
46 Fairfax County VA 6,040
47 Suffolk County NY 5,791
48 Salt Lake County UT 5,725
49 Tulsa County OK 5,526
50 Camden County NJ 5,499
04 Top cities

Gas leak fires by city

Top 50 cities by cumulative incidents.

#CityStateIncidentsLoss
1 New York NY 74,317 —
2 Chicago IL 48,018 —
3 Houston TX 13,210 $126K
4 Washington DC 11,448 $350
5 Austin TX 8,653 —
6 Baltimore MD 8,605 $50
7 Denver CO 7,764 $15K
8 Columbus OH 6,614 $2K
9 Boston MA 6,132 $200
10 Milwaukee WI 6,124 —
11 Dallas TX 6,020 $1K
12 Rochester NY 5,130 —
13 Newark NJ 4,523 —
14 Jersey City NJ 4,223 —
15 Raleigh NC 4,086 —
16 Kansas City MO 3,965 —
17 Minneapolis MN 3,674 $1K
18 Charlotte NC 3,610 —
19 Richmond VA 3,557 —
20 San Antonio TX 3,502 —
21 Indianapolis IN 3,487 $1
22 Cincinnati OH 3,485 $4K
23 Yonkers NY 3,459 —
24 Tulsa OK 3,447 $10K
25 Atlanta GA 3,384 $200
26 Detroit MI 3,372 $98K
27 Colorado Springs CO 3,313 $21K
28 San Diego CA 3,280 —
29 San Francisco CA 3,263 —
30 Oklahoma City OK 3,232 —
31 Wilmington DE 3,160 —
32 Philadelphia PA 2,864 —
33 Los Angeles CA 2,860 $16K
34 Lexington KY 2,803 $1.6M
35 Seattle WA 2,781 $3K
36 New Orleans LA 2,751 $1K
37 Columbia SC 2,720 $2K
38 Sacramento CA 2,718 $85K
39 Albuquerque NM 2,710 —
40 Fort Worth TX 2,686 —
41 Nashville TN 2,639 —
42 Pittsburgh PA 2,541 —
43 Louisville KY 2,507 $5K
44 Akron OH 2,494 —
45 Cleveland OH 2,464 —
46 Lincoln NE 2,456 $16K
47 Spring TX 2,448 $1K
48 Las Vegas NV 2,429 $25K
49 Silver Spring MD 2,389 —
50 Katy TX 2,344 $150K

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.