ZIP 02134 recorded 172 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 999 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Suffolk County, MA.
999 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 224 | |
| 2022 | 230 | |
| 2023 | 214 | |
| 2024 | 159 | |
| 2025 | 172 |
Sep peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02134 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 380 | 38.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 81 | 8.1% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 50 | 5.0% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 46 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 44 | 4.4% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02134 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 50 | 30.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 10 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Other | 9 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 50 | 30.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 58 | 34.9% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 25 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 21 | 12.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 11.4% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 8 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 7 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 18 | 10.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02134 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1381% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $1,900,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $190,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02134.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | 996 | |
| 2 | Somerville | 2 | |
| 3 | Cambridge | 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 — 999 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.