ZIP 40502 recorded 162 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 989 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Fayette County, KY.
989 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 210 | |
| 2022 | 212 | |
| 2023 | 187 | |
| 2024 | 218 | |
| 2025 | 162 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 40502 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 202 | 20.4% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 98 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 66 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 61 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 61 | 6.2% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 40502 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 35 | 20.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 26 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 20 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 14 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 7.6% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 6 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 6 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 44 | 25.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 93 | 54.1% | |
| 2 | Cigarette | 16 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 9 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 11.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 40502 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 413% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $125,000 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 40502.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lexington | 985 |
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 — 989 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.