ZIP 04240 recorded 1 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,986 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Androscoggin County, ME.
1,986 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 399 | |
| 2022 | 535 | |
| 2023 | 512 | |
| 2024 | 539 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 04240 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 549 | 27.6% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 169 | 8.5% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 132 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 131 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 124 | 6.2% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 04240 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 157 | 29.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 65 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 36 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 29 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Other | 20 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 20 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 177 | 33.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 132 | 24.9% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 90 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 54 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 52 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 44 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 29 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 24 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 21 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 85 | 16.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 04240 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $230,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $120,000 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 04240.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewiston | 1,979 | |
| 2 | Lisbon | 4 | |
| 3 | Auburn | 1 | |
| 4 | Hartford | 1 | |
| 5 | New Gloucester | 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 — 1,986 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.