ZIP 27713 recorded 127 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,080 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Durham County, NC.
1,080 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 279 | |
| 2022 | 168 | |
| 2023 | 239 | |
| 2024 | 267 | |
| 2025 | 127 |
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27713 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 182 | 16.9% | |
| 2 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 102 | 9.4% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 81 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 76 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 63 | 5.8% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27713 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 47 | 16.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 43 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 36 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 25 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 20 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 15 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 12 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 79 | 27.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 165 | 56.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 23 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 14 | 4.8% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 9 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 35 | 11.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27713 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 348% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $385,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $178,325 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27713.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durham | 1,075 | |
| 2 | Apex | 1 | |
| 3 | Cary | 1 | |
| 4 | Morrisville | 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 — 1,080 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.