ZIP 04345 recorded 104 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 682 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kennebec County, ME.
682 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 105 | |
| 2022 | 98 | |
| 2023 | 185 | |
| 2024 | 190 | |
| 2025 | 104 |
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 04345 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 137 | 20.1% | |
| 2 | Biological hazard, confirmed or suspected | 108 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 81 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 35 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 30 | 4.4% |
For the 25 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 04345 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 22 | 28.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 21 | 27.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 2 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 2 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 14 | 18.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 39 | 51.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 6 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Molten, hot material | 3 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 2 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 10.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 04345 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 3682% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $317,800 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $105,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 04345.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gardiner | 321 | |
| 2 | West Gardiner | 251 | |
| 3 | Pittston | 105 | |
| 4 | Chelsea | 5 |
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 — 682 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.