ZIP 02135 recorded 297 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,696 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Suffolk County, MA.
1,696 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 328 | |
| 2022 | 364 | |
| 2023 | 346 | |
| 2024 | 361 | |
| 2025 | 297 |
Jan peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02135 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 570 | 33.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 147 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 138 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 90 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 71 | 4.2% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02135 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 75 | 29.5% | |
| 2 | Other | 20 | 7.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 17 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 17 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 13 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Function area, other | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 86 | 33.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 79 | 31.1% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 30 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 26 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 17 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 39 | 15.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 02135 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 446% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $600,000 | Rail vehicle fire | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 7 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 8 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02135.
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 — 1,696 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.