ZIP 23607 recorded 250 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,097 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Newport News city, VA.
1,097 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 205 | |
| 2022 | 218 | |
| 2023 | 190 | |
| 2024 | 234 | |
| 2025 | 250 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23607 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 129 | 11.8% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 107 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 95 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 93 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 89 | 8.1% |
For the 23 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23607 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 61 | 19.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 30 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 30 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 29 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 26 | 8.2% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 8.2% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 20 | 6.3% | |
| 8 | Other | 8 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 87 | 27.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 98 | 30.9% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 28 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 28 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 27 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 19 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 17 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 67 | 21.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23607 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 241% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $219,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $136,600 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $74,400 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $73,643 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23607.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newport News | 1,096 |
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 — 1,097 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.