ZIP 21217 recorded 458 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,252 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Baltimore city, MD.
2,252 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 108 | |
| 2022 | 625 | |
| 2023 | 552 | |
| 2024 | 509 | |
| 2025 | 458 |
Dec peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21217 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 373 | 16.6% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 248 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 246 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 229 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 181 | 8.0% |
For the 13 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21217 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 43 | 21.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 21 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 19 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 18 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 13 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Other | 9 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 9 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 58 | 29.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 50 | 25.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 42 | 21.4% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 21 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 12 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 10 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 8 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 29 | 14.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 21217 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 265% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $46,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $25,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 21217.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore | 2,249 |
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 — 2,252 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.