ZIP 28398 recorded 31 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 356 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Duplin County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
356 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 102 | |
| 2022 | 74 | |
| 2023 | 108 | |
| 2024 | 41 | |
| 2025 | 31 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28398 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 104 | 29.2% | |
| 2 | Grass fire | 47 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 33 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 30 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 18 | 5.1% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28398 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 38 | 24.4% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 19 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 15 | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 9.0% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 22 | 14.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 76 | 48.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 5.8% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 5.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 8 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 31 | 19.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28398 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 580000% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $150,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $65,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $30,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28398.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warsaw | 268 | |
| 2 | Clinton | 2 | |
| 3 | Kenansville | 1 |
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 — 356 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.