ZIP 27704 recorded 204 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,454 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Durham County, NC.
1,454 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 315 | |
| 2022 | 236 | |
| 2023 | 360 | |
| 2024 | 339 | |
| 2025 | 204 |
Apr peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27704 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 156 | 10.7% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 130 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 114 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 101 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 93 | 6.4% |
For the 17 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27704 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 91 | 21.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 71 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 60 | 14.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 26 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 21 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 20 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 98 | 23.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 257 | 60.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 27 | 6.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 24 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 20 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 12 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 9 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 41 | 9.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27704 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 111% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $875,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $419,927 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27704.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durham | 1,437 | |
| 2 | Smithfield | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake County | NC | 0.50 | FIPS 37183 |
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 — 1,454 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.