ZIP 23608 recorded 201 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 872 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Newport News city, VA.
872 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 168 | |
| 2022 | 170 | |
| 2023 | 160 | |
| 2024 | 173 | |
| 2025 | 201 |
May peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23608 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 124 | 14.2% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 79 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 72 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 67 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 49 | 5.6% |
For the 16 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23608 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 42 | 15.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 40 | 14.4% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 30 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 23 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 22 | 7.9% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 21 | 7.6% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 9 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 81 | 29.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 79 | 28.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 35 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 25 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 21 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 19 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 13 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 13 | 4.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 59 | 21.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23608 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 232% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $161,800 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $80,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $77,241 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23608.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newport News | 870 |
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 — 872 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.