ZIP 18640 recorded 200 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,531 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Luzerne County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,531 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 342 | |
| 2022 | 302 | |
| 2023 | 334 | |
| 2024 | 353 | |
| 2025 | 200 |
Jul peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18640 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 420 | 27.4% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 177 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 98 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 89 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 64 | 4.2% |
For the 47 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18640 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 46 | 15.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 40 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 40 | 13.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 20 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Other | 16 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 10 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 97 | 33.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 172 | 59.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 18 | 6.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 17 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 13 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 28 | 9.6% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18640.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittston | 171 | |
| 2 | Hughestown | 67 | |
| 3 | Dupont | 25 | |
| 4 | Exeter | 12 | |
| 5 | Wyoming | 12 |
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 — 1,531 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.