ZIP 60131 recorded 156 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,110 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cook County, IL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,110 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 213 | |
| 2022 | 225 | |
| 2023 | 216 | |
| 2024 | 300 | |
| 2025 | 156 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60131 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 227 | 20.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 158 | 14.2% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 156 | 14.1% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 81 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 78 | 7.0% |
For the 22 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60131 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 45 | 17.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 45 | 17.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 14 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 11 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 91 | 35.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 111 | 43.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 20 | 7.9% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 16 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 14 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 50 | 19.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60131 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1147% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $900,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $700,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $199,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60131.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franklin Park | 1,049 | |
| 2 | Schiller Park | 7 | |
| 3 | Melrose Park | 6 | |
| 4 | Northlake | 4 | |
| 5 | Elmhurst | 2 |
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 — 1,110 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.