ZIP 27705 recorded 162 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,290 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Durham County, NC.
1,290 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 284 | |
| 2022 | 181 | |
| 2023 | 356 | |
| 2024 | 307 | |
| 2025 | 162 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27705 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 149 | 11.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 110 | 8.5% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 109 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 88 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 84 | 6.5% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27705 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 64 | 20.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 51 | 16.6% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 32 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 31 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 7.8% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 17 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Other | 10 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 69 | 22.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 174 | 56.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 29 | 9.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 20 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 14 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 6 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 34 | 11.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27705 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 321% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $326,630 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $180,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27705.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durham | 1,281 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County | NC | 1.00 | FIPS 37135 |
| 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 — 1,290 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.