ZIP 02468 recorded 32 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 161 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Middlesex County, MA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
161 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | |
| 2022 | 41 | |
| 2023 | 28 | |
| 2024 | 31 | |
| 2025 | 32 |
Jun peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 02468 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 60 | 37.3% | |
| 2 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 21 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 13 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 12 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 10 | 6.2% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 02468 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 3 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Chute; laundry or mail, excluding trash chutes | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 1 | 8.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 41.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Sunlight | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 8.3% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 02468.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newton | 161 |
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 — 161 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.