ZIP 20886 recorded 60 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 325 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Montgomery County, MD.
325 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 71 | |
| 2022 | 54 | |
| 2023 | 76 | |
| 2024 | 64 | |
| 2025 | 60 |
Dec peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 20886 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 82 | 25.2% | |
| 2 | Hazardous condition, other | 52 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 42 | 12.9% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 20 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 17 | 5.2% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 20886 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 15.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 7 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 6 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Function area, other | 5 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 36 | 40.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 32 | 36.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 5 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 13 | 14.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 20886 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 488% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $105,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 20886.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montgomery Village | 306 | |
| 2 | Gaithersburg | 12 | |
| 3 | Clarksburg | 2 | |
| 4 | Germantown | 2 | |
| 5 | Rockville | 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 — 325 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.