ZIP 02114 recorded 93 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 575 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Suffolk County, MA.
575 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 114 | |
| 2022 | 130 | |
| 2023 | 121 | |
| 2024 | 117 | |
| 2025 | 93 |
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02114 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 142 | 24.7% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 52 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 32 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 32 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 29 | 5.0% |
For the 6 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02114 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 47 | 36.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Other | 9 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 6 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 31 | 23.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 44 | 33.8% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 13 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 11 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 11 | 8.5% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 18 | 13.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02114 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 482% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $120,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02114.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | 574 | |
| 2 | Somerville | 1 |
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 — 575 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.