ZIP 06340 recorded 306 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,385 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT.
1,385 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 264 | |
| 2022 | 281 | |
| 2023 | 284 | |
| 2024 | 250 | |
| 2025 | 306 |
May peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 06340 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 199 | 14.4% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 179 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 111 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 95 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 73 | 5.3% |
For the 57 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 06340 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 29 | 12.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 27 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 24 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 18 | 7.6% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 9 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 82 | 34.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 112 | 47.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 27 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 13 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 10 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 10 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 37 | 15.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 06340 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 133% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $650,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 06340.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Groton Long Point | 32 | |
| 2 | Mystic | 4 | |
| 3 | New London | 2 | |
| 4 | Noank | 2 |
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 — 1,385 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.