ZIP 21061 recorded 356 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,728 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Anne Arundel County, MD.
1,728 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 172 | |
| 2022 | 260 | |
| 2023 | 441 | |
| 2024 | 499 | |
| 2025 | 356 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21061 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 271 | 15.7% | |
| 2 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 142 | 8.2% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 130 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 124 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 105 | 6.1% |
For the 26 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21061 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 92 | 23.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 53 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 49 | 12.7% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 19 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 18 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 17 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 15 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 106 | 27.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 204 | 52.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 32 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 22 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 21 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 19 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 52 | 13.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 21061 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 173% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $305,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $226,800 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $90,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $86,400 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 21061.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glen Burnie | 1,687 | |
| 2 | Ferndale | 6 | |
| 3 | Easton | 1 | |
| 4 | Jarrettsville | 1 | |
| 5 | Linthicum | 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 — 1,728 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.