ZIP 02108 recorded 40 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 260 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Suffolk County, MA.
260 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44 | |
| 2022 | 77 | |
| 2023 | 56 | |
| 2024 | 43 | |
| 2025 | 40 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02108 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 69 | 26.5% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 33 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 27 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 16 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill | 15 | 5.8% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02108 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Other | 4 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 4 | 21.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Switchgear area, transformer vault | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 3 | 15.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 26.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02108 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $15,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $2,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $1,000 | Attempt to burn | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02108.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | 260 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 260 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.