ZIP 02116 recorded 179 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,011 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Suffolk County, MA.
1,011 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 227 | |
| 2022 | 255 | |
| 2023 | 192 | |
| 2024 | 158 | |
| 2025 | 179 |
Oct peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02116 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 420 | 41.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 71 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 67 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 55 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Overheated motor | 42 | 4.2% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02116 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 34 | 34.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Other | 10 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 3.0% | |
| 6 | Roof surface: exterior | 3 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 29 | 29.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 24 | 24.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 17 | 17.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 10 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 5 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 17 | 17.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02116 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2253% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02116.
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 — 1,011 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.