ZIP 60118 recorded 262 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,054 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kane County, IL.
1,054 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 239 | |
| 2022 | 205 | |
| 2023 | 163 | |
| 2024 | 185 | |
| 2025 | 262 |
Aug peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60118 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 169 | 16.0% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 165 | 15.7% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 157 | 14.9% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 67 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 61 | 5.8% |
For the 72 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60118 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 25 | 18.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 19 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 17 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 6 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 40 | 29.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 47 | 34.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 10 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Chemical reaction | 10 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 5 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 26 | 19.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60118 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 114% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $269,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60118.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Dundee | 409 | |
| 2 | East Dundee | 363 | |
| 3 | Sleepy Hollow | 141 | |
| 4 | Hoffman Estates | 8 | |
| 5 | Elgin | 5 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | IL | 0.50 | FIPS 17031 |
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 — 1,054 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.