ZIP 22304 recorded 253 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,104 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Alexandria city, VA.
1,104 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 186 | |
| 2022 | 190 | |
| 2023 | 248 | |
| 2024 | 227 | |
| 2025 | 253 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 22304 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 370 | 33.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 140 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 77 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 46 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 44 | 4.0% |
For the 13 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 22304 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 41 | 19.2% | |
| 2 | Other | 33 | 15.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 29 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 24 | 11.3% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 12 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 48 | 22.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 121 | 56.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 26 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 20 | 9.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 22304 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 330% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $900,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $650,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 22304.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandria | 1,093 | |
| 2 | Arlington | 2 | |
| 3 | Woodbridge | 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 — 1,104 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.