ZIP 27707 recorded 146 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,264 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Durham County, NC.
1,264 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 302 | |
| 2022 | 198 | |
| 2023 | 333 | |
| 2024 | 285 | |
| 2025 | 146 |
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27707 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 192 | 15.2% | |
| 2 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 114 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 107 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 89 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 78 | 6.2% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27707 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 66 | 21.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 41 | 13.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 33 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 32 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 22 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 11 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 9 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 81 | 26.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 185 | 60.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 20 | 6.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 13 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 9 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 9 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 9 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 34 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27707 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1011% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $243,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $168,477 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $135,358 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27707.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durham | 1,260 | |
| 2 | Chapel Hill | 2 |
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 — 1,264 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.