ZIP 21501 recorded 5 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 41 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Allegany County, MD.
41 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 25 | |
| 2025 | 5 |
Jan peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21501 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 10 | 24.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 5 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 4 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 3 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 3 | 7.3% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21501 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 25.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 1 | 25.0% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 21501.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumberland | 37 | |
| 2 | Bowmans Addition | 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 — 41 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.